The rant goes on... PBEM QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Q-Ball]

Here is a picture of Taiyo:

http://warships.web4u.cz/lode.php?langu ... rida=Taiyo

That's a great site by the way for pictures and line drawings of hard to find ships. I don't know who this Czech gentleman is who developed the site, but he's got a great site, hope he plays WITP!!!!

Website LinK:
http://www.warshipsww2.eu/staty.php?language=E&period=

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Just got caught back up. Nice news about the CVEs. [&o] In the long run, the loss of all those DDs has got to hurt. Once you start getting the Fletcher's in numbers, he is going to pay. Placing a few Cleveland Class CL along with the Fletchers in a SC TF should give even the Japanese CA some pause. [;)]

thanks! But again it wasn´t much of an achievement of mine, it was more a (for me not understandable) fault of Hortlund as he knew that I have at least 48 4E bombers on Ceylon that attacked his shipping around Andaman Island a couple of times. So sending his helpless CVEs (5 Zeroes from Hosho were the only fighters in this TF) right next to Ceylon (6 hexes) is really careless and just asked for a punishment. In fact his CVEs were in range of my bombers already a couple of times, but they never launched, so perhaps he became a bit too confident. But nevertheless it´s great to see this threat being sunk as 54 Kates in the Indian Ocean caused some trouble in the past.

At the moment I use my Brooklyn and Cleveland class CLs as escorts for my CVs (don´t have that many CLs though) while my CAs are used as escorts also. If we are in need of a bombardment TF then this will also be a task for my CAs. All BBs that are faster than 21 knots are also escorting my CVs. Not because of their AA value but more as a torpedo and bomb magnet. If you have 2 CVs and 2 BBs in a TF then normally 35-45% of the bombers are going after the BBs (at least this is my experience).

If Hortlund uses CAs as convoy escorts (obviously very rarely) then I normally won´t engage his TFs with surface raiders. I once did with two of my BBs at Kendari and paid for it with the loss of BB Resolution. So if there are BBs or CAs I will try to engage them with bombers or leave those TFs alone. All other TFs are in danger of being attacked by my small to medium sized surface combat TFs as seen in the past. IMO I did quite a good job with those surface TFs so far. [8D]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Here is a picture of Taiyo:

http://warships.web4u.cz/lode.php?langu ... rida=Taiyo

That's a great site by the way for pictures and line drawings of hard to find ships. I don't know who this Czech gentleman is who developed the site, but he's got a great site, hope he plays WITP!!!!

Website LinK:
http://www.warshipsww2.eu/staty.php?language=E&period=

thanks for the link. I knew the page but I didn´t pay much attention as I don´t understand a single word of Czech.


But here you go! Here´s a pic of CVE Taiyo, IMO a really awful looking ship. I liked the painting more! [;)]

[castor troy]

and here´s the Chuyo:

[castor troy]

Just after the sinking of two enemy CVEs, we have a very bad turn... a lot of those [8|] smilies today... [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/16/43

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Kako, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Kuma, Shell hits 3
DD Kisaragi
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher
CL Leander, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Fletcher
DD Chevalier, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Like I mentioned last turn, we send a cruiser TF to Andaman Island and see an enemy cruiser TF reacting! Don´t know where it came from, we haven´t spotted them before, so this was an excellent move by our opponent. The battle shows an amazing fact. CL Leanders 6 inch shells did penetrate the IJN CA armor at 6000yards, while the 7,5 inch shells from CA Frobisher didn´t! [X(] What kind of crap is that ship? Not surprising, our torps miss while the enemy hits as usual. CL Kuma was hit by 3x5 inch shells from Fletcher that penetrated the CL´s armor. At this point we hoped to see no further encounter.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 1
CA Kako, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Kuma, Shell hits 6
DD Kisaragi
DD Uzuki, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Leander, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fletcher, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Chevalier, on fire

But as usual, when the Japanese have superior forces we see more than one encounter. Again, our torps missed while the enemy torps hit. [8|] Also Frobisher is hit by 3x8 inch shells that penetrated the armor. After having our ships damaged, we knew they wouldn´t move a lot of hexes during the day...




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TF 77 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW W.20

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 29
PBY Catalina x 5
Wellington III x 62
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 47


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 56
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 75
Kittyhawk I x 14


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

suddenly the AA unit in this hex becomes a killer. We lose 7!! Hurricanes today... [8|] All in all, today we lose 12 aircraft for no enemy aircraft lost.

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Day Air attack on TF at 21,33 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Leander, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet

our SC TF was split in single ship TFs after the battle during the night and ALL single ship TFs were spotted during the day! [8|] Those 4 Kates from Andaman of course sink Leander. [8|]

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Day Air attack on TF at 20,32 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 10 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Frobisher, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

and of course we see the lonely CA Frobisher being attacked also from Betties on long range torp attack. In sinking condition, chance to survive 15%. On the other hand our 100+ 4Es did spot the enemy CA/DD/AK TF (some 12+ ships) 8 hexes from Cooktown but of course didn´t launch - like so many times before. Unfortunately our opponent seems not to face such problems. I was already amazed to see all 4 single ship TFs being spotted, not to talk about seeing both single cruisers being attacked. [>:]


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Ground combat at Akyab

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 42030 troops, 552 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 1514

Defending force 94618 troops, 933 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 1695



Allied ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[castor troy]

CL Leander was lost with all men after a night engagement at Andaman Island due to torp attacks of 4 enemy torpedo bombers.

HMS Leander (Light Cruiser, 1933-1949)

Later HMNZS Leander
HMS Leander, the 7289-ton (standard displacement) lead ship of a class of five light cruisers, was built at Devonport, England. Completed in March 1933, she served with the Royal Navy until April 1937, when she was transferred to New Zealand and became HMNZS Leander. The cruiser mainly served in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas until 1940, then operated in the Mediterranean and Red Sea. On 29 October 1940 her embarked aircraft attacked a fish cannery at Mogadishu, Somalia, and on 27 February 1941 she encountered and sank the Italian auxiliary cruiser RAMB 1 near the Maldive Islands.

HMNZS Leander served in the East Indies and South Pacific in 1941-1943. While operating with a U.S. Navy task force she was torpedoed by Japanese ships during the 13 July 1943 Battle of Kolombangara. Though badly damaged, with 28 of her crew dead, she was able to leave the battle area under her own power. Temporary repairs in New Zealand during the remainder of 1943 were followed by a transit to the U.S. East Coast, where she received permanent repairs at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts. This work continued from early 1944 until August 1945, by which time the Second World War was effectively at an end. Now back in the Royal Navy, HMS Leander steamed back to the United Kingdom in the fall of 1945. She was sold for scrapping in December 1949.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/17/43

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TF 79 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
PC Shonan Maru #2
PG Eiko Maru
APD APD-31

would like to see the APD hit a sub laid mine...

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 169


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 52

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 230

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 29 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 115

Aircraft Attacking:
45 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

11 Mitchells in total and 10 against this base were lost today...

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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 31,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 72
Kittyhawk I x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 7th AF Construction Battalion, at 31,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 55
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet


I´m waiting for the Corair to be available and for CV Essex to arrive at Brisbane (in transit at the moment) to start our first major offensive. In the meantime I have to try to close as many airfields as possible, seems to be impossible to close more than one though...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/18/43

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ASW attack at 45,48

Japanese Ships
PC Sado
PC Oki
DD Susuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

Grampus gets away North of the Philipines. I have sent two subs towards Japan and as soon as they were near the Philipines (on transit) one was hit by a Helen, the other one attacked also. I made no more comments about the bomber vs sub attacks but they still happen nearly daily with 3 subs hit in the last week. And no, they are far from Japan or the Philipines, but it´s enough to be within 8 hexes of any Japanese base. [8|]

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Sub attack at 34,63

Japanese Ships
AK Muroran Maru
AK Udo Maru
PG Kantori Maru
PG Akitsu Maru
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Herring

yes, you guess right. Torps missed...

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 15


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 27
TBF Avenger x 9
PBY Catalina x 4
Wellington III x 48
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 40
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 135
Kittyhawk I x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 11

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

I had set 300 bombers to attack this stack of 4 enemy units but clicked the wrong button, so I saw 20 Wellingtons take recon photos only instead of 200 of them bombing the target. The 120 Marauders were grounded due to bad weather...

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ASW attack near Andaman Island at 23,34

Japanese Ships
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Shonan Maru #2
PG Eiko Maru
APD APD-31

Allied Ships
SS S-35

A ASW killer group tries to engage one of my subs. CVE Hosho is still at Andaman Island and we also spotted an AR there. Andaman is port level 1 and Hortlund seems to not know that his AR only helps if disbanded in port. He would be better off trying to send Hosho to Rangoon IMO.

[castor troy]

slowly moving on but soon the first Corsair will leave factory...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/19/43

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 175


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 77

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

don´t know if Hortlund wants to build up this base (6 hexes NE of Darwin) but those attacks should prevent him from building it up...

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 4
B-17E Fortress x 41
B-24D Liberator x 83

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 47

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 21000 feet

high alt, not much flak and a more or less acceptable hit rate. Takes 6 of those attacks to finally close the base though with the damage repaired every day.

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 44
TBF Avenger x 21
PBY Catalina x 1
Wellington III x 53
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
PBY Catalina: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 41
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

Kiska was reinforced with troops but it seems that there´s still not much flak...

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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 129
Kittyhawk I x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

would like to attack the AA unit again... 4 Hurricanes are lost today...

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ASW attack at 43,45

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 1

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

South of Hong Kong, the single escort won today...

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ASW attack at 25,34

Japanese Ships
PC Hachijo
APD APD-31
PC Kunashiri
PG Eiko Maru
MSW Hinode Maru #18
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Shonan Maru #2
MSW W.20
MSW Banshu Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS S-18, hits 2

House rule of ASW TF with 6 ships???

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Sub attack at 30,71

Japanese Ships
AP Marsue Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported

Thresher was heading home with only 4 torps left and encounters a medium AP and probably sinks it with two torps. [8D]

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Sub attack at 25,34

Japanese Ships
APD APD-31, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Hachijo
PC Kunashiri
PG Eiko Maru
MSW Hinode Maru #18
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Shonan Maru #2
MSW W.20
MSW Banshu Maru #8

Allied Ships
SS S-18, hits 1

must be our super lucky day, S-18 sinks APD-31 with two MK10 torps. Excellent, only one or two APDs with a high ASW value left! [&o]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/20/43

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Naval bombardment of Kiska Island, at 92,35 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 18
BB Maryland, Shell hits 5

Japanese ground losses:
226 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

another example about the myth that CA/BB outrange the 5,5inch CD guns and therefore won´t be attacked. Pennsylvania loses a couple of AA mounts...

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 170


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 27 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 66

Aircraft Attacking:
39 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 50


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 43
Liberator VI x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet

wonder if it is possible to completely destroy an LCU with air attacks only... I will try... [:D]

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 52
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 63
B-26B Marauder x 89


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 89
Liberator VI x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

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Sub attack at 42,45

Japanese Ships
AP Dainiunyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grampus

Daininunyo Maru is another example of how careless our opponent is with ships. This AP was already torpedoed South of Saigon and made it heavily damaged all the way to this hex South of Hong Kong. Would Hortlund care about his ships (is it that hard to look at the TF that was attacked by a sub? [&:]) then he would have sent this small AP into the next level 5 port and it would have been probably no problem to save it as it can´t have been so heavily damaged when it made another 20 hexes.

Plays in our hands but that´s almost like playing against the AI that doesn´t care about damaged ships either.[;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/21/43

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TF 5 encounters mine field at Rangoon (29,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #8
MSW W.20
PC Takunan Maru #5
PC Shonan Maru #2
PG Eiko Maru
PC Hachijo
AR Akashi, Mine hits 1

hehe, AR Akashi now needs an AR... sub laid VH2... those are the escorts that attacked my S-class sub yesterday, so they are not a dedicated ASW TF of more than 6 ships! Shame on me...

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Sub attack at 33,63 [8D]

Japanese Ships
TK Akatuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 10
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW W.17

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish

excellent! This is East of Balikpapan, one out of 6 torps hit and we see oil cargo burning, most times this means the tanker is lost. It doesn´t take many TKs lost to see it become a problem for the Japanese, especially in Nikmod with the reduced capacities. This TK is a big one with "only" 11.000 tons. As soon as the Japanese have lost 15-20 of those TKs it will already get severe.

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 136


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 67

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 83
B-24D Liberator x 84

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 90

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 21000 feet

even if flak fire isn´t effective, we still have more than 20 bombers inoperational after one attack. Gili Gili and Thursday Island can be closed and kept closed probably. So we have Port Moresby´s airfield left (not many eng there, probably we will be able to close it also) and Lae which will be the main airfield for the Japanese in Southern New Guinea. At the moment there are some 150 fighters on Cap! [X(]

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
15 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 30
Wellington III x 62
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Port hits 2
Port supply hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 53
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

excellent, we hit the AA unit...

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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 42
B-26B Marauder x 45


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 39


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 14
B-26B Marauder x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 113
Liberator VI x 12


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 7
P-40B Tomahawk x 60


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 15000 feet

a newly arrived BG that was set to naval attack / airfield attack. Better design decision would have been to set new arriving units to TRAINING...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/22/43

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Sub attack at 33,64

Japanese Ships
TK Nissan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 10
PG Hayakafuku Maru
MSW W.17

Allied Ships
SS Flying Fish, hits 1

great! Yesterday a big TK hit and burning and Flying Fish kills another big TK today. Two torp hits and oil cargo burning means this one is dead! [&o]

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 219


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 28 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 118

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

I lose 12 Mitchells here today and my bombardment and CV TFs are still stuck between Cairns and Port Moresby. Those bugs suck...[8|]

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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 65
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

Hortlund saw a single Spitfire unit on Cap yesterday (newly arrived unit) and today he sent a large sweep from Lautern... I´ve noticed my Spitfire Cap too and stood it down though... [;)]

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 29
Wellington III x 59
PV-1 Ventura x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 127
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/23/43

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Sub attack at 25,62

Japanese Ships
TK Kyuei Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Whale

WHOOOOHOOO! What´s going on? Looks like the phase when we saw 90% of our torps missing is suddenly over. Encouraged by the pityful performance of my subs Hortlund decided to send a TK TF unescorted into the area West of Borneo where a couple of my subs are raiding the shipping lanes. Whale attacks the small TK on the surface and sinks it! [&o]

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Sub attack at 26,64

Japanese Ships
TK Terukawa Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Sealion, hits 1

Two hexes further South Sealion attacks the same TK TF on the surface sinking another empty, small TK! Absolutely amazing, the last three days we sunk 2 big and 2 small TKs. [:)] No doubt, tomorrow the airbases around this area will be full of Helens.

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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 123


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 7

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 2
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-17E Fortress x 81
B-24D Liberator x 81

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 10 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 22 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Boston Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Brisbane Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Dakar Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Anzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Asama Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Penang Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sanyo Maru, Bomb hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 68
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
18 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

No major numbers of enemy fighters at bases in Southern New Guinea that can be reached by my Lightnings. The P-38 took down 2 Rufes and lost one of their own (including pilot) to ops. A couple of more ships are sunk, the airfield is still operational and it seems the base was reinforced with more flak units.

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 50


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

is this already a ghost unit? We don´t do anymore damage... [&:]

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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 68
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 15
B-26B Marauder x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 58
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 45
B-26B Marauder x 49


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet
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Sub attack at 27,65

Japanese Ships
TK Funakawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-34

[:D] unfortunately S-34 missed the big TK with 4 Mk10 torps. Well, I´m happy that 4 out of 5 attacks on TKs in the last three days were successes!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/24/43

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Naval bombardment of Thursday Island, at 49,90

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA Minneapolis
CA Pensacola
CA Chicago
CA Indianapolis
CA Portland

Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

isn´t that great? After a week of being stuck, our bombardment TF moved today, the result isn´t worth a comment... [8|]

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Naval bombardment of Kiska Island, at 92,35 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania, Shell hits 3
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
1582 casualties reported
Guns lost 19

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 8
Port hits 2

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 61


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
46 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 40


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

no more Japanese ground losses... [8|]

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 125
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/25/43

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 62


No Allied losses

Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet

in three months we will have P47-C as fighter bombers...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 32
Wellington III x 61
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

nearly non existing flak, still takes down two of our aircraft...

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 67
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 5


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
5 x Beaufighter VIC bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 161
Liberator VI x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/43

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M3 Zero x 90
A6M3a Zero x 21
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-17E Fortress x 67
B-24D Liberator x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 10 destroyed, 36 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 20 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed, 57 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 15 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

Hortlund set up a good ambush at PM in setting all his fighters at Lae (no more Cap spotted there) on LRCAO. The Lightnings had no chance but took down a couple of enemy fighters and most of my bombers turned back. Once again Nikmod proves to be a mod where you are far better off sending bombers EVERYTIME unescorted. Would the bombers have gone in alone I would have lost 2 or 3 more but not 20 Lightnings.[8|] The only reason I still send escorts with my bombers is to have a bit sense of realism as I don´t want to completely game the game... only 7 bombers lost.

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 59
P-40E Warhawk x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 50


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

no more losses on the ground. Will pick up a RCT that is 100% prepped and will unload it at Dutch Harbour. Recon tells us 1000 troops 0 guns 0 vehicles now at Dutch Harbour. Will be enough though, if our RCT again gets 95% disabled just from the landing... [8|]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/27/43

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Sub attack at 26,65

Japanese Ships
MSW Seki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toshi Maru #7
MSW Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel

Hortlund sends third class MSWs to hunt my subs around Borneo. One is sunk... Only thing still hurting my subs are the Helens with 3 or 4 hits every week.

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ASW attack at 45,86

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Ashigara

Allied Ships
SS Sunfish

ASW attack? This is NW of Thursday Island, must be another escorted reinforcement or supply convoy.

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 50


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 44
Liberator VI x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 135
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 19


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
223 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 63
B-26B Marauder x 71


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 104
Liberator VI x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
147 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 10000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/28/43

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 48
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 72

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 28 destroyed, 16 damaged

we moved 96 Kittyhawks to Tenimbar to sweep Lautern as Timor has now not that many fighters on Cap anymore, probably a lot are transferred to Southern New Guinea. First wave fails to locate the target and in the end we get shot to pieces more or less...

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 211

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 20 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 37 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 174

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

then the bombers from Darwin are going in. You can imagine that Hortlund isn´t happy about the result, in the end we lose 11 bombers, only 7 crews. The base is hit hard but being a level 6 af, it´s still far from being closed, recon shows only 42% damage and 40.000 troops there should repair it quickly. We really have to wait for Corsairs to be operational in a couple of weeks to wear down the enemy here. And honestly, I doubt the Corsair will be the wonder weapon we are waiting for as my Marine pilots are only in the mid 50s so they will be shot to pieces by Zeroes flown by pilots in the 80s. But these attacks here should draw more forces into the area as it will be harder for the enemy to defend both Southern New Guinea and Timore with sufficient force, which means hundreds of fighters.

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 63


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 30


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 137
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
183 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 57,84

Japanese Ships
AK Onoe Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Kyuden Maru
AP Kiri Maru
DD Isokaze

Allied Ships
SS Pompano

another sub hit. Even a DD as escort...

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ASW attack near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
DD Yuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Asagiri
DD Ayanami

Allied Ships
SS S-42, hits 4

Two IJN BBs have been sitting at Lautern for months now and even though the small port doesn´t prevent sub attacks, we have yet to attack them. S-42 has to retired damaged...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/29/43

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TF 9 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87)

Japanese Ships
DD Kuri

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TF 65 encounters mine field at Truk (63,78) [:D][8D][:D]

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga, Mine hits 1

one of our intelligence mines tells us that CV Kaga is now at Truk. Mk10 mine could cause a dozen sys damage. Honestly, while it´s BS that you get such intelligence it´s surely good for the game as such things are the "highlights" we need to have fun and if it would be realistic and we wouldn´t get those messages, a lot of fun would be gone also IMO.

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 134

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged

Allied aircraft losses


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

flying at extended range the IJAAF tries to take out our fighters that were flying the sweep to Lautern yesterday. AF is nearly empty and hit rate is poor.

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 2
B-25C Mitchell x 189


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 17 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 127

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

our Mitchells attacking Thursday Island are doing better, but we also lose 8 of them... PM and Gili Gili are fully operational again with 200+ fighters at Lae and 200+ fighters at Gili Gili at the moment.

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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 62


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
47 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 32
Wellington III x 61
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 44
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 40


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 128
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 66
B-26B Marauder x 85


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 10000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/30/43

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Sub attack at 50,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
AR Mormacrio

pfff... [&o] we sent a lonely AR on it´s way to Darwin to support the ships up there and we are lucky that 6 IJN torps missed...

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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 151
Liberator VI x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
222 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 102

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

nice it rate from that alt, but most of my bomber crews are in the high 80s!!! from constant attacks. Would like to send them on ship hunting, but I doubt we will ever see the IJN in the area around Akyab again.

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 1
B-25C Mitchell x 156


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 114

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Dutch Harbor , at 103,36


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 48


No Allied losses

Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
48 x P-39D Airacobra bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 47
TBF Avenger x 29
Wellington III x 58
PV-1 Ventura x 13


Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
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Day Air attack on Shuzan Naval Guard Unit, at 103,36


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 50


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 33rd/B Division, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 128
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet