AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/16/43
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TF 67 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)
Japanese Ships
MSW Rikusen Maru
MSW Hanata Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #56
MSW Aoi Maru
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ASW attack at 42,125
Japanese Ships
SS I-5
Allied Ships
MSW Inverell
MSW Pirie
MSW Tamworth
MSW Kalgoorlie
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TF 67 encounters mine field at Rockhampton (46,109)
Japanese Ships
MSW Rikusen Maru
MSW Hanata Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #56
MSW Aoi Maru
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Day Air attack on Pakhoi , at 39,39
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 24
A6M3a Zero x 42
B5N Kate x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 93
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 71
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-32 Mary x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 20th Mixed Brigade, at 46,114
Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 1 destroyed
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114
Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
No Allied losses
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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Division, at 44,102
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 71
G3M Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 106
Ki-49 Helen x 60
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st Australian Cavalry Division, at 44,102
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G3M Nell x 3
G4M1 Betty x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 11
Ki-49 Helen x 34
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 46,109
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
A6M3a Zero x 48
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 57
Allied aircraft
Boomerang II x 3
CW-21B Demon x 6
Brewster 339D x 11
Kittyhawk I x 15
Wellington III x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Boomerang II: 2 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 13 destroyed
Wellington III: 1 damaged
I just don´t get it... I just don´t get it... [8|]
Why is Swift doing this, it has become ridicoulos long ago to send those strikes every day. Wonder if he even watches the replay or looks at the combat report. Heck, is he even giving orders or is the whole map on computer control? Am I playing a PBEM where my enemy is completely on computer control??? The enemy at least took down 5 of my fighters today (the idiotic Allied only bounce helped a lot, even though the Tojos are at 30.000ft and the enemy fighters at 9.000ft...) but if this will go on we will completely empty the Australian pilot pool and that´s just BS... If I want to see stupid daily raids like this one I will just play the AI...
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Day Air attack on 20th Mixed Brigade, at 46,114
Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
Allied aircraft losses
F.K.51: 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on 56th Division, at 46,114
Allied aircraft
F.K.51 x 1
No Allied losses
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,122
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 21
B5N Kate x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Inverell, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tamworth, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kalgoorlie, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we moved KB South and it is now between Brisbane and Sydney to attack the ASW forces hunting my subs here. With great success today...
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Day Air attack on TF at 44,122
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
MSW Pirie, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Tamworth, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Inverell, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Kalgoorlie, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
The MSW TF is wiped out...
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,123
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A Val x 56
A6M3a Zero x 34
B5N Kate x 52
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Flusser, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nepal, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Warramunga, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Isaac Sweers, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D3A Val bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
same thing happens to the DD TF. So far we have sunk 67 Allied DDs...
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,123
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
DD Flusser, on fire, heavy damage
DD Warramunga, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 42,123
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
DD Nepal, on fire, heavy damage
DD Warramunga, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground combat at 44,102
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18041 troops, 6 guns, 1137 vehicles, Assault Value = 2714
Defending force 32442 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 740
Japanese max assault: 587 - adjusted assault: 478
Allied max defense: 485 - adjusted defense: 47
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 8
Allied ground losses:
887 casualties reported [X(]
Guns lost 5
no unit surrenderd (of course not) but this time we only had our tanks in the attack and the enemy losses are 6 times higher than if two IJA divs attack, while ours are only a third of usual.
