Urk, touched the enter button and posted before editing.
Using a laptop for AAR is a Major Pain.
So, we're in July and may be nuked any time....
Andy didn't go home but sent another even larger strike against Gumma!
Not only were there 1 enemy CV TF - there were 2.
The cv's sent 140 Corsairs + Hellcats over Gumma and carnage happened.
22 Shindens caused a lot of damage to enemy and suffered surprisingly small losses.
Most Shinden pilots survive, which is great. 15 Shindens lost in A2A and 3 on the ground.
15 new ones arrived from factories today and all units are filling out. More of that later.
Enemy bombers hit air industries heavily and Shinden production fell to 468 units from
some 500. Andy will have to sacrifice a lot of his best navy pilots to keep it up.
44 Corsairs and 20 Hellcats were shot down today.
A sweep over Tokyo by Black Widdows caused us a 100 fighters!! Really surprised that the
night fighters are so good - even Reppus have a hard time. We downed 64 Widdows and won't
be seeing them again if that's a comfort.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/45
Sub/ASW Attacks
Sub attack at 52,41
Japanese Ships
AK Tsukubasan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PC PC-198
Allied Ships
SS Springer
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Day Air Combat
Home Islands
134 fighters on CAP including 22 Shindens meet 140 Corsairs and 29 Hellcats escorting a strike.
112 of out fighters are downed vs. 63 enemy.
Day Air attack on Gumma , at 66,42
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 51
N1K1-J George x 13
J2M Jack x 27
J7W Shinden x 22
Ki-102a Randy x 20
Allied aircraft
F6F Hellcat x 29
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
F4U-1D Corsair x 122
Corsair IV x 10
SB2C Helldiver x 45
TBM Avenger x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Reppu: 45 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 8 destroyed
J2M Jack: 27 destroyed
J7W Shinden: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-102a Randy: 21 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F Hellcat: 19 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed
F4U-1D Corsair: 37 destroyed, 10 damaged
Corsair IV: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
SB2C Helldiver: 3 destroyed, 20 damaged
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 11
Runway hits 11
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Then the B-29s came back and caused damage to our ac industry!
Day Air attack on Gumma , at 66,42
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 7
N1K1-J George x 6
J7W Shinden x 13
Allied aircraft
B-29 Superfortress x 238
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Reppu: 3 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
J7W Shinden: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-29 Superfortress: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
hits 75
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This strange sweep over Tokyo surprised me...caused a lot more damage than I expected.
Notice the few Shinden losses:
Day Air attack on Tokyo , at 66,43
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 49
J7W Shinden x 16
Ki-100 Tony x 43
Ki-102a Randy x 27
Allied aircraft
Mosquito PR.IX x 1
P-61A Black Widow x 94
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Reppu: 33 destroyed
J7W Shinden: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-100 Tony: 34 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 30 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-61A Black Widow: 62 destroyed -> THAT gotta hurt!
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A small strike on Tokyo ends the show....
Day Air attack on Tokyo , at 66,43
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Reppu x 17
J7W Shinden x 12
Ki-100 Tony x 10
Allied aircraft
B-29 Superfortress x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Reppu: 1 damaged
J7W Shinden: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-29 Superfortress: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 11 <- thats a lot of hits by 5 B-29s...
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29 Superfortress bombing at 6000 feet
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India/Burma
Our LBA managed to land some hits on enemy convoys enroute to Yanam!
Day Air attack on TF at 23,25
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67 Peggy x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67 Peggy: 7 damaged
Allied Ships
AP Howell Lykes
AK Frank Norris, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DE Sanders
DE Martin
LSD Gunston Hall
DE Lake
LSD White Marsh
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,25
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 7
P1Y Frances x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 7 damaged
P1Y Frances: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Tennessean
DE Sanders, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Joe Fellows, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
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Day Air attack on TF at 23,25
Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 9 damaged
Allied Ships
LSD Colonial
AP Menard, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
DE William C. Miller, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
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Ground Combat
Ground combat at Iwo Jima
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 68216 troops, 856 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1919
Defending force 63293 troops, 611 guns, 143 vehicles, Assault Value = 1331
Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Clark Field
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 134197 troops, 1278 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 3343
Defending force 98405 troops, 864 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 1986
Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Lingayen
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 36093 troops, 403 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3199
Defending force 66826 troops, 664 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 1267
Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Battle for Tokyo & Gumma
