While something approaching stalemate prevails along the upper Irrawaddy, the advancing 2nd Imperial Guards Division ran into trouble on the outskirts of Akyab.
Set upon first by scores of Allied bombers, it was then routed by British forces including elements of the famed "Desert Rats" 7th Armored Brigade.
Ground combat at Akyab
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 30026 troops, 260 guns, 265 vehicles, Assault Value = 797
Defending force 21493 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473
Allied max assault: 685 - adjusted assault: 1344
Japanese max defense: 260 - adjusted defense: 669
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
447 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
B-26s from Umnak Island in the Aleutians sank and shot up a number of barges bringing supplies to the garrison at Adak.
Day Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 97,38
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AG Kaijo Torakku SD-25, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG Kaijo Torakku SD-24
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder attacking at 100 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 97,38
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 4
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AG AG-115
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-26B Marauder attacking at 100 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 97,38
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AG Kaijo Torakku SD-22, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG AG-5112, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder attacking at 100 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder attacking at 100 feet
Otherwise just lots of bombing and shelling in China with Changsha especially hard hit.
Relative quiet across the Pacific. Heavy Japanese bombing of Changsha, Nanning and Honan. A Japanese attack at Nanning makes some inroads into the defenses.
The O19 sinks a minelayer in the Malacca Strait...they remain dangerous waters for the IJN.
Sub attack at 21,47
Japanese Ships
ML Yaeyama, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
A Japanese surface action group invaded Diamond Harbor and engaged several small patrol craft. The battle left one patrol craft sunk and 3 badly damaged with little damage done to the invading Japanese. One Japanese destroyer struck a mine upon retirement.
Japanese surface raiders attacked and badly damaged a tanker in the Arabian Sea.
In China heavy bombing of Changsha and Wuchow continued unabated. Following a massive air bombardment a Japanese assault carried the defenses of Nanning. The Chinese garrison was able to retreat in good order to Pakhoi on the coast.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Diamond Harbour at 28,23
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Yudachi
DD Umikaze
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushimo, on fire
DD Wakaba
Allied Ships
PG Indus, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
SC Nigella, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Aster, Shell hits 2, on fire
SC Jasmine, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Naval Headquarters here announced late this afternoon that Royal Navy and other Allied Forces had eliminated the threat of Japanese Merchant Cruisers in the Arabian Sea by sinking those ships in seperate actions today.
Very early this morning, HMS Newcastle and HMS Birmingham, which had tangled several days ago with the enemy, intercepted and set afire the enemy cruiser Hokoku Maru in the Northern Maldive Islands. Contact was subsequently lost due to very poor weather and darkness. A search of the area once daylight arrived revealed no survivors of the enemy ship.
Headquarters also revealed that later in the morning an RAF search aircraft located the second enemy cruiser 250 miles SE of Ceylon. Allied air forces subsequently attacked the ship, identified as the Akagi Maru, and struck her with at least nine bombs, including several bombs of 1000 lbs. When last sighted at sunset the ship was still afloat but adrift and afire from stem to stern. Naval authorities believe the ship had no chance of survival.
Night Time Surface Combat at 6,22
Japanese Ships
PG Hokoku Maru, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
PG Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 1000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
P 240716Z JUL 42
FM: HMAS BUNGAREE
TO: COMEASTERNFLT COLOMBO
COMMINERON TWO FOUR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L //N12437//
1. HAVE RECOVERED AND TAKEN PRISONER 4 JAPANESE NAVAL RATINGS FROM SEA IN POSIT 01-27N, 082-15E.
2. INTERROGATION OF ONE RATING WHO SPEAKS SOME ENGLISH INDICATES THAT THEIR SHIP WAS HAKOOKOO MARU OR SIMILAR. RATING CLAIMS SHIP SANK SEVERAL DAYS AGO AFTER A BIG GUN BATTLE WITH UNIDENTIFIED ALLIED BATTLESHIPS. PRISONERS SEEM IN GOOD HEALTH AND COOPERATIVE AFTER GIVEN WATER AND FOOD.
3. RETURNING TO PORT. REQ 450 TONS FUEL OIL. ETA 251830Z JUL 42.
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Fairly quiet for the last few days of July. For the most part the Japanese have contented themselves with bombing schools, hospitals and peasant markets in China. The AVG made a brief appearance over Honan and brought down a couple of bombers but then withdrew. Ground assaults NE of Changsha and at Honan were repulsed though the Japanese did manage to bring the fort level of Honan down a couple of notches.
A Japanese carrier force composed of at least a CV and a CVL sortied into the Bay of Bengal on the 26th of July and inflicted significant damage on a returning (and empty) convoy from Calcutta.
Day Air attack on TF at 17,27
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
B5N2 Kate x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 7 damaged
Allied Ships
PC Sonavati, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Tarpon
AK Borgfred, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
AK Santa Ana, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Indus
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 17,27
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
D3A2 Val x 14
B5N2 Kate x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
PC Sonavati, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
AK Empire Razorbill, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SINKS
AK Santa Teresa, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Barracuda
AK Deslock, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SCUTTLED
AK Jalarajan, Torpedo hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x D3A2 Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
The CV TF appears to have returned to base on the following day (Port Blair) where one of the escorting destroyers struck a mine. In the meantime two small convoys arrived in Colombo from Austalia on the 28th carrying 2 squadrons of American fighters to the Southeast Asian Front.
Had the IJN TF moved a bit further to the East (South actually) they might have found more lucrative targets....but then again they might well have provoked a strike from powerful land based air on Ceylon. (Since I don't trust LBA to do anything useful against carriers I'm just as happy the "What IF" never came to be. I'm happy with my extra new toys in India[:D])
The Japanese pushed hard and made some inroads into the Chinese defenses of Honan. Fort level is down to 3 (from 6 at the start of the week) but the IJA has paid for each yard with gallons of its soldiers blood. Heavy Japanese bombing of the fortress has continued unabated throughout.
Elsewhere in China the IJA expanded its bridgehead over the Yangtze River near Changsha. Chinese air units have exacted a small but continuous cost from Japanese bomber and fighter units that have been attacking Luichow.
Allied bombers have hit Adak, Port Moresby and enemy positions in Burma.
At Sea, the S-36 torpedoed two freighters in a convoy near Soerabaya on the 29th. She is now considered overdue as she has not been heard from since that date. Allied ASW forces attacked and badly damaged a Japanese submarine off the East coast of India on the 30th. Allied submarines S-41 and O-16 each claimed a freighter sunk in DEI waters.
Submarine O-23 was damaged by depth charges off the coast of Malaya.
On the 1st of August, Convoy SHX-35 was attacked by a Japanese merchant cruiser, believed to be the Aokoku Maru.
Several convoy ships were lightly damaged but the heavily armed Japanese ship was driven off by the escorting Canadian Minesweeper Quatsino. Subsequent to the action the gallant minesweep succumbed to damage sustained in the action but the crew was rescued.
General MacArthur's Headquarters announced today that a new American fighter plane made its combat debut today in the skies over Port Moresby, New Guinea and immediately proved its worth. The fast, long ranged and twin-engined P-38 scored heavily against the defenders downing 7 Japanese fighters for a loss of only one US plane. Today's mission was the first time the previously untried Americans had encountered the enemy. At last American pilots seem to have found the answer to the infamous "Zero" fighter.
Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 54,93
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 7
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
The seige of Honan continues unabated. Preceded by waves of bombers Japanese
troops slowly overcome the stubborn defenders.
9 August 1942
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 60382 troops, 208 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 994
Defending force 30380 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 811
Japanese max assault: 965 - adjusted assault: 736
Allied max defense: 801 - adjusted defense: 553
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Japanese ground losses:
1498 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
905 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
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Finally, believing the Chinese defenders are demoralized and incapable of
any further resistance the Japanese try a human wave attack with disasterous
results for many Japanese.
10 August, 1942
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 58786 troops, 205 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 904
Defending force 29311 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 770
Japanese max assault: 1356 - adjusted assault: 1092
Allied max defense: 727 - adjusted defense: 401
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Japanese ground losses:
2267 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
195 casualties
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The hunter gored by the prey
Sub attack at 23,57
Japanese Ships
PC Shonon Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (SINKS)
Japanese Ships
MSW W.10, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (SINKS)
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
3 x Beaufort I bombing at 1000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 4
Beaufort I x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 2
A-20B Boston x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Shinko Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kenshin Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 1000 feet
2 x Beaufort I bombing at 1000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet
4 x Beaufort I bombing at 1000 feet
After their last bloody repulse the Japanese content themselves with reneewed artillery and air bombardments.
The exhausted defenders withdraw successfully to new postions NW of the city absorbing much needed replacements and supply; leaving a small rearguard behind.
Ground combat at Honan
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 49200 troops, 210 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 749
Defending force 7619 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Tokyo, August 14, 1942
IHQ Lacky: Sir, here is the latest combat report from our outpost on ADAK Island.
PM TOJO: Perhaps Admiral Yamamoto was correct, and we have under-estimated the strength of our American adversary...
Day Air attack on Adak Island , at 97,38
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9
B-26B Marauder x 30
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 32
P-38F Lightning x 17
F-4 Lightning x 4
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
28 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
23 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
22 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
23 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
American forces, landing on the 18th, overran the Japanese defenses the following day. Resistance was weak and it appears some of the garrison was evacuated recently. One transport struck a mine and was damaged during the invasion but overall casualties were very light.
Ground combat at Adak Island
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 7500 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 237
Defending force 957 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Allied max assault: 422 - adjusted assault: 206
Japanese max defense: 5 - adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 206 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied forces CAPTURE Adak Island base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
1059 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
28 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
8 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
23 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
22 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
23 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
3 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
2 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
Circa August 24, 1942- Somewhere in the Pacific between San Francisco and the Hawaiian Islands...
The age of AMCs and surface raiders has apparently come to an end...The Aikoku Maru was dispatched by a CL escorted convoy. They were fun while they lasted....
c. August 24, 1942 - Central China
Changsha's forts continue to crumble and have now been reduced to a level 2. The town has been isolated for the past week or two after two divisions entered Hengchow from the NE. A bridgehead in hex to the NW of Changsha and NE of Hengchow has fended off several attempts by the Chinese to break the hold on Changsha.
The Chinese are also apparently abandoning Hengchow as well as force levels have dropped. IHQ suspects the Generalisimo may be in the process of pulling his troops back through Luichow.
Allied Ships
DD Clark
DD Crane
DD Case
AP Le Maire, Torpedo hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
August 23rd
Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 97,38
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
DD Asashio
DD Oshio, Shell hits 2
DD Asagumo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
Allied Ships
PT PT-66
PT PT-67, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT PT-68, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PT PT-73, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
PT PT-74
PT PT-75
PT PT-76
PT PT-77, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT PT-78
PT PT-79
PT PT-80
PT PT-81
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 7000 feet
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 7000 feet
August 25th, 1942 - The armed merchant cruiser Aikoku Maru attacks a convoy. Three survivors are fished from the sea subsequent to the battle.
Night Time Surface Combat at 137,59
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
PG Aikoku Maru, Shell hits 102, and is SUNK
Allied Ships
CL Raleigh, Shell hits 2
DD Sims
DD Kilty
PG Taney
PG Onondaga
MSW Starling
PC McLane
AVD Ballard
AO Cuyama
AP Hunter Liggett
AP President Garfield
AP President Johnson
AP Hugh L. Scott
AP Barnett
AP Henderson
AP Torrens
AP Mormacdove
AP Mormachawk
AP William Ward Burrows
The final days of August 1942 have seen quite an intensification of action: And this doesn't describe what's taking place at Canton island. 1st Changsha has fallen to Japanese forces and Hengchow appears to be the next base in China which will be taken by the Japanese....however Kweiyang would pocket a sizable number of Chinese troops away from Chungking.
Ground combat at Changsha
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 112527 troops, 612 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480
Defending force 41825 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 998
Japanese max assault: 1327 - adjusted assault: 2703
Allied max defense: 866 - adjusted defense: 349
Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Changsha base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
1508 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Vehicles lost 5
Allied ground losses:
61456 casualties reported
Guns lost 45
Second - Battle of the Bering Sea/Adak Island
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/30/42
TF 1150 encounters mine field at Adak Island (97,38)
Allied Ships
MSW Kelowna
MSW Courtenay
MSW Lockeport
MSW Guysborough
MSW Canso
MSW Bayfield
AK American Builder, Mine hits 1
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 97,38
Japanese Ships
CA Nachi, Shell hits 2
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2
CL Jintsu
DD Oyashio
DD Michishio
DD Yugure, Shell hits 1
DD Ariake
Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Shell hits 1
DD Case
DD Clark, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Dent, Shell hits 1
DD Crane, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Humphreys, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Gilmer, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 97,38
Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Mikuma
CL Jintsu
DD Oyashio
DD Michishio
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
Allied Ships
PT PT-75
PT PT-76
PT PT-78
PT PT-79
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 97,38 Just got to love the surface warship vs. transport TF model...although the action with the Warspite probably gave fair warning
Japanese Ships
CA Nachi
CA Mikuma
CL Jintsu
DD Oyashio
DD Michishio
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
Allied Ships
MSW Bayfield, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
MSW Canso, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
MSW Guysborough, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
MSW Lockeport, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
MSW Courtenay, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
MSW Kelowna
AP Empire Pride
AP Zealandia
AP Holbrook
AP Westralia
AP Buyskens
AP Pijnacker Hordijk
AK Kittyhawk
AK Explorer
AK Port Orford
AK American Builder, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 2
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 97,38
Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 2
CA Atago, Shell hits 6
Allied Ships
BB Warspite, Shell hits 1
DD Case, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Clark, on fire
DD Dent, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Crane, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Humphreys, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
Day Air attack on Attu Island , at 91,35
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 36
F-4 Lightning x 4
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
9 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
But the fighting had only just begun...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/31/42
Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 97,38
Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Yamato
CA Chokai
CA Myoko
CL Kiso
DD Akigumo
DD Naganami
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Harusame
DD Kawakaze
DD Suzukaze
Allied Ships
PT PT-75, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PT PT-76
PT PT-78
PT PT-79, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Adak Island at 97,38 That same surface warship vs. transport model although in this case the units were set to bombard...
Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Yamato
CA Chokai
CA Myoko
CL Kiso
DD Akigumo
DD Naganami
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Harusame
DD Kawakaze
DD Suzukaze
Allied Ships
MSW Kelowna, Shell hits 1
AP Empire Pride
AP Zealandia
AP Holbrook, Shell hits 1
AP Westralia
AP Buyskens, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AP Pijnacker Hordijk
AK Kittyhawk, Shell hits 36, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Explorer
AK Port Orford
Allied ground losses:
559 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
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Naval bombardment of Adak Island, at 97,38
Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Harusame
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Naganami
DD Akigumo
CL Kiso
CA Myoko
CA Chokai
BB Yamato
BB Ise
Allied ground losses:
385 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 5
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 14
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1
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Sub attack at 92,36
Japanese Ships
AP Mikage Maru #2, Shell hits 4
Allied Ships
SS Trout
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
---------------------------------------------- Given the weather model either its not harsh enough or he has a bunch of planes at Umnak that aren't flying....
Day Air attack on Attu Island , at 91,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 11
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 33
F-4 Lightning x 4
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
8 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 7000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 7000 feet
Meanwhile while this freight train is running in the Bering Sea, I have 57 B-17's hitting Thursday island not to mention the freight train of 4E bombers in Burma. When around this time frame 5th AF had approximately 30 operational B-17's IRL[:)]
