AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 11, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
DMS Taneko

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 3 torpedoes at DMS Taneko
Searaven diving deep ....
DMS Taneko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Taneko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Taneko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Taneko attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Taneko attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

wow, had a message that one torpedo tube failed [X(]... the remaining torps achieved some duds...

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 98,55

Japanese Ships
PB Nichiro Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback is sighted by escort
Finback bottoming out ....
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichiro Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Mussau Island at 104,120

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kanaiyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS O24


SS O24 launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kanaiyama Maru
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Dutch sub scores...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 54th Division, at 76,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 44


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
707 casualties reported [X(]
Squads: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 5th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 18th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 5th Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Division ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...

Not surprising, Rainer had his 6 divisions on pursuit after he kicked my out of Katherine easily. I was sure he would catch me and first forgot about transferring my bombers to Alice Springs again as I´ve thought I wouldn´t do much damage anyway. The bombers arrived and were immedietely ordered to strike the enemy. The damage done was amazing the end result is even more surprising! The enemy troops are now marching NORTH! [:D] He had the chance to completely wreck my Australian Army if he could catch my troops and my 4E bombers saved the day for us... [:)]


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Morning Air attack on 16th Division, at 76,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

luckily most of my bombers attacked with the first wave, therefore the casualties looked quiet high in one attack... 4 or 5 piecemeal attacks that would have resulted in the same total number of casualties could have looked completely different...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 21


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

will keep the Marauders to suppress Port Moresby, the heavy bombers will continue to attack Buna and Lae. The other airfields in the region are level 1...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Division, at 76,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 12, 42
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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Shoan Maru
PB Senyu Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Shoan Maru
Grunion diving deep ....
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Senyu Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the usual outcome...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 52,86

Japanese Ships
E Yomogi

Allied Ships
SS Grampus



SS Grampus is sighted by escort
Grampus bottoming out ....
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
PB Choun Maru #18
PB Rokko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack is located by PB Choun Maru #18
Skipjack diving deep ....
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Singkawang at 53,87

Japanese Ships
E Yomogi

Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 2


SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
Argonaut bottoming out ....
E Yomogi attacking submerged sub ....
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yomogi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Argonaut tries to get home with moderate damage and takes two more near misses...

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ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
PB Banshu Maru #56
PB Bisan Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at PB Banshu Maru #56
Skipjack diving deep ....
PB Bisan Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Bisan Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Bisan Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Bisan Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Bisan Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-32

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion is located by SC CHa-1
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Sangi at 76,96

Japanese Ships
PB Kenan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 1



SS Spearfish is sighted by escort
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kenan Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Kenan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

definetely a day that goes to the escorts again...

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Sub attack near Sangi at 75,95

Japanese Ships
PB Seki Maru
TK Sanraku Maru
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Triton



SS Triton launches 4 torpedoes at PB Seki Maru
Triton diving deep ....
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

attack on an escort instead one of the tankers... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

even if I don´t like it, I have to keep up some pressure elsewhere on the map than just around New Guinea, therefor I´ve ordered my two Lightning squadrons to attack again. Two squadrons means a split up strike into two strikes of course but that´s not even worth mentioning anymore in AE. Instead of attacking right into the base where the enemy fighters are based, we have reverted to attacking leaking Cap. This at least has saved us from a 1:8 vs the Tojos... 1 Tojo and 3 Oscars reported shot down during the replay, also one P-38 confirmed lost...

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Morning Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes

here comes the second squadron, why shouldn´t they attack together... would be stupid to do so... to my surprise another Tojo was shot down with some more Lightnings damaged... the end result isn´t something we can really afford as we lose again 4 Lightnings for 8 enemy fighters destroyed (if we can trust the loss list, which I doubt). Add in the fact that probably at least halve of the enemy pilots survive and the fact that the enemy produces 5 or 6 times more Tojos than we get Lightnings and it´s only a loss/loss situation..[:(] we achieved a kill rate in our favour at least if we add in the Oscars which are only garbage at this stage of the war...



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Morning Air attack on 26th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 26th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd New Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 26th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 7



No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Tak Sang, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AM Kelowna


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

bad timing for my convoy to leave Adak... homeport was Seward and the TF left Adak after unloading of course, leaving the convoy in range of the enemy bombers but outside of my Cap...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 163,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 10



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
xAKL Mapele
xAKL Columbian



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

heavy rain saved my ships...

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Afternoon Air attack on Finschhafen , at 100,126

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead


hate Nicks...

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Afternoon Air attack on Finschhafen , at 100,126

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 13, 42
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-32

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



Captain of SS Grunion elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-32 cannot reach attack position over SS Grunion
SS Grunion eludes SC CHa-32 by diving deep
SS Grunion eludes SC CHa-32 by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub

good idea...

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
PB Minowa Maru
xAKL Bunzan Maru
xAKL Kensho Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at PB Minowa Maru
Finback diving deep ....
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not just the wrong target like far too often anyway but also the usual duds... the target routine for subs surely is something that needs another change (if there ever was one)...

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ASW attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
PB Minowa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion is sighted by escort
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Minowa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Truk at 113,110

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
DD Kagero
DD Makigumo
DD Akigumo
DD Isokaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio

Allied Ships
SS Gar



SS Gar is sighted by escort
DD Isokaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Oyashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Natsushio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Gar is driven off, but I´m always glad to get a sighting of such a TF...

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ASW attack near Truk at 113,110

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CL Kuma
DD Arare
DD Asagumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Usugumo
DD Fubuki
DD Kasumi

Allied Ships
SS Gar, hits 1



SS Gar is sighted by escort
Gar diving deep ....
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Usugumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fubuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kasumi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Usugumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kasumi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shirayuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

same here, guess we´ve got intel on the position of KB... the enemy DDs are far more potent in locating and driving off subs than ours... That´s why our CVs usually get shot at AND hit if they just enter a hex with an enemy sub... but this will change...

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Sub attack near Channel Islands at 222,79

Japanese Ships
SS I-33, hits 1

Allied Ships
KV Chilliwack
PC Morris
KV Dawson



SS I-33 launches 6 torpedoes at KV Chilliwack
I-33 diving deep ....
KV Dawson fails to find sub and abandons search
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack attacking submerged sub ....
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Chilliwack fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

IJN sub fires a salvo at our ASW TF off Los Angeles... torps missed... the next sub attack statistic will show a huge decrease in IJN sub hits as we saw dozens of failed attacks on our ASW TFs lately...

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Sub attack near Truk at 110,112

Japanese Ships
xAKL Higari Maru
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Higari Maru
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

right target, defective torps... USN fleet subs "never" miss...

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Sub attack near Truk at 110,111

Japanese Ships
xAKL Higari Maru
PB Takunan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 1



SS Nautilus launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Higari Maru
Nautilus diving deep ....
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takunan Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Takunan Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

next sub, same target, same outcome... Nescafe... ehhh... duds, what else?

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Atka Island at 164,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 19



Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 3


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged


Allied Ships
xAP Surada, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Tai Sang, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Tanfield, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D3A1 Val bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
18th FG/6th FS with P-400 Airacobra (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

this one I wasn´t happy about... I have to take a closer look at my convoys going to Adak... the TF unloaded there and also headed out during the turn which meant it was still in range of Vals during the day... the result was bloody for both sides... we had only 3 P-39 from leaking Cap which I first thought would achieve nothing but they proved to be quite uber for the Vals, downing 7 or 8 of them... didn´t really impress the rest of the Vals as they killed nearly the whole TF... two transports sunk immedietely while the third one is moderately damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

is he up to something in China?

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Adak Island at 162,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 3



Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed




CAP engaged:
18th FG/19th FS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
18th FG/6th FS with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes


we´ve got ships at Adak too (the majority in the area) but only a small strike decided to attack my shipping there... would not have been a good idea anyway... all three Vals were shot down, bringing the total to nearly a dozen today... the Japanese could have needed some escorts today, we haven´t lost a single aircraft...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 14, 42
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ASW attack near Talaud-eilanden at 80,95

Japanese Ships
PB Gamitsu Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish



SS Cuttlefish is sighted by escort
Cuttlefish diving deep ....
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27



Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 25
P-40E Warhawk x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed




CAP engaged:
18th FG/6th FS with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 16 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
28th CG/18th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
18th FG/19th FS with P-40E Warhawk (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 23000.
Raid is overhead

judging from the disaster for the unescorted Vals yesterday, looks like Rainer wanted to take care of my Cap today... the result was totally off, due to the fact that we had the never ending dive, the enemy was shred to pieces... for not one loss A2A we took out a whole Zero daitai, doing this with Warhawks and Airacobras flown by 70 skilled pilots... I seriously doubt that the enemy pilots were green, there´s just no reason why Rainer shouldn´t have veterans flying his fighter aircraft... what an off result IMO... it favours me, but this doesn´t mean I would like it... while you can discuss kill ratios of 5:1 or 6:1 to death, IMO you´re not sane if you think 23:0 is reasonable... [8|] needless to say that this is also not something that is making my opponent happy... even if the loss list isn´t accurate, taking down the enemy sweep at 18:0 isn´t really worth a comment either...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19
B-24D Liberator x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

10 Nicks? God damn and I can´t figure out where they´re coming from... How useless are my recon squadrons? The two level 4 airfields (Buna and Lae) are bombed into the stone age all the time, they are reported being empty and the surrounding airfields are all level 1. We´ve been flying recon over those level 1 airfields too all the time but they´re reported being empty...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 33


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

even over PM there are enemy fighters now and then... don´t get it...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


No Allied losses



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Adak Island , at 162,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
18th FG/19th FS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
18th FG/6th FS with P-400 Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
28th CG/18th FS with P-40E Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes

needless to say that coordination doesn´t work any better for my opponent than it does for me...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 16, 42
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Submarine attack near Umboi Island at 100,125

Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-38



PB Taiko Maru is sighted by SS S-38
SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes

torps missed...

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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 98,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-25

Allied Ships
CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1 [8|]
CA Chicago
CA Houston
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
DD Blue
DD Gridley
DD Craven
DD Jarvis
DD Patterson



SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Indomitable
I-25 diving deep ....
DD Gridley fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Craven fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Jarvis fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Patterson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Craven fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Patterson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Patterson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Patterson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Patterson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Patterson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Patterson fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I really can´t believe it... this is the third sub attack on one of my carriers, resulting in the third success for the IJN subs... pretty much shows again how impotent my DDs are in guarding my capitol ships... it just sucks... this TF has got 10 DDs, two 4 DD ASW TFs following, another CV TF in the hex with another 10 DDs, two SC TF with 8 DDs. In total 44 DDs around my 6 CVs in the middle of the hex, all TFs following each other. Oh well... at least it´s Indomitable that was hit, the carrier is scheduled for withdrawel since early July and I´ve not withdrawn it due to the Milne Bay operation and due to the fact that Saratoga was still in San Francisco´s shipyard at that time. The plan was to have the Milne Bay invasion see a succesful ending and Saratoga arriving in the area to replace Indomitable. I´ve spent 65 pp per day due to not withdrawing the carrier, now the ship is heavily damaged by a sub... While I doubt the ship is in danger of sinking, it´s not combat ready again anytime soon and is out of the war. She will be withdrawn and won´t come back until very late in the war. A pity, two Sea-Hurricane squadrons are worth their weight in gold if you compare them to Wildcat squadrons. Damn IJN subs and damned die rolls as the IJN subs keep attacking my capitol ships at will when one of my TFs stumbles over them, while our subs keep attacking escorts. Doing this with duds...

if you wonder what my fleet is doing near Milne Bay again, we´re bringing in the engineers en masse to build up the base, big amount of supplies and all the fragments that weren´t unloaded during the invasion...


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Sub attack near Truk at 110,112

Japanese Ships
PB Kosin Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes
PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kosin Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kosin Maru #3 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Sydney at 92,169

Japanese Ships
SS I-23, hits 10, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD MacDonough
DD Farragut
DD Hull



SS I-23 launches 6 torpedoes at DD MacDonough
DD MacDonough fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
DD MacDonough fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-23 eludes DD Hull by hugging bottom
DD Hull cannot establish contact with SS I-23
DD Hull cannot establish contact with SS I-23
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hull is out of ASW ammo
DD Hull is out of ASW ammo
DD Hull is out of ASW ammo
DD Hull is out of ASW ammo
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

I-23 was spotted yesterday and an ASW TF was sent out of Sydney on a hunt... the result is of course that the sub attacks our ASW TF instead of the other way around, we´re just lucky that the hit rate vs. escorts was reduced with the latest patch, otherwise we would have lost more than a dozen DDs near Sydney alone to subs. In return though we´re succesful today, three hits and lots of near misses show the sub as heavily damaged. Not sunk though, the sub was later that day spotted two hexes further North by a radar equipped Hudson III on nav search...

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Sub attack near Lingga at 51,88

Japanese Ships
DD Kyukaze
xAK Yamagata Maru
DD Tawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Tuna



SS Tuna launches 6 torpedoes at DD Kyukaze
Tuna bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

that´s what our subs are doing... firing dud torps at escorts...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 34


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

the Zeroes had a good day today, taking down a B-17... the usual question mark over my head where the hell those fighters are coming from...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

with all those "strike packs" we´re going to run into a disaster at some point for sure...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9 [8|]



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4
B-24D Liberator x 4


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 17


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

also over PM (leaking?) Cap... no base in range reported to have aircraft... don´t get it...

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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb




see below how Indomitable looks like... the single torp caused serious damage, another one could have been critical already... we´re not exceeding 50 damage in total so the carrier will be withdrawn now... Saratoga will replace her soon...

and today´s air losses. The Zeroes even managed to down 2 B-17s A2A today. We´ve also lost another two Hudson III that were flying naval search 60% at normal range... wonder why I haven´t lost the usual PBY also... our carrier based fighters took down a Glen near Milne Bay...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 17, 42
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TF 79 encounters mine field at Milne Bay (101,133)

Allied Ships
AM Muritai
AM Punjab
AM Madras
AM Bombay
AM Mirimichi
AM Horsham
AM Echuca
AM Cessnock
AM Kalgoorlie



29 mines cleared

sub laid mines I guess... no more mines reported to be there... I´m still not used to the AM designation for minesweepers as I was shocked when I got the message of this TF running into a minefield and nearly endless messages of AM x clearing one or two mines... thank god there weren´t four hundred mines, otherwise I would still be watching those messages pop up... [:D] note to myself: remember minesweepers are AM now and not MSW anymore...

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Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-173

Allied Ships
xAKL Absaroka, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


xAKL Absaroka is sighted by SS I-173
SS I-173 attacking on the surface
SS I-173 low on gun ammo, Matsumura U. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

mmm... there are two very small TFs in the area that have no escort... this is one single xAKL that was ordered to bring a fragment (a single mot support squad) of a base force to Milne... It is sunk by gunfire of course... oh those die rolls and IJN subs... no need for them to have radar, they spot everything anyway... the damned sub didn´t even fire torps... the ship and the fragment are lost...

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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-172, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Lamson
DD Fanning



SS I-172 is sighted by escort
I-172 diving deep ....
DD Lamson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fanning attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fanning cannot establish contact with SS I-172
Escort abandons search for sub

same hex, another sub... a whopping near miss...

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then this got my attention...

ASW attack near Amchitka Island at 157,52

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
CL Oi
CL Kitakami
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Kazegumo
DD Suresushio
DD Uruyuke
DD Tatsuyuke

Allied Ships
SS Shark


SS Shark is sighted by escort
DD Suresushio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uruyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uruyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uruyuke fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsuyuke fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our subs don´t break through the ring of a couple of escorts usually... the same was true here... there were six escorts... this is just the beginning of some interesting happenings today in this area...

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ASW attack near Truk at 112,112

Japanese Ships
DD Fubuki
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao
DD Shirayuki
DD Usugumo
DD Sagiri
DD Hatsuyuki

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 6 torpedoes at DD Fubuki
Gudgeon diving deep ....
DD Sagiri fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

or our subs keep firing their torps at the escorts... dud of course...

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today´s highlight...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Amchitka Island at 158,52, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Shell hits 4
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 31, and is sunk [:D]
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 2
CL Oi, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Kazegumo, Shell hits 1
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Tatsuyuke
DD Uruyuke
DD Suresushio, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Shell hits 26, and is sunk [:(]
BB Nevada, Shell hits 7
CLAA Atlanta, Shell hits 2
CLAA San Diego, Shell hits 1
CL Helena, Shell hits 2
DD Lansdowne
DD Lardner, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Woodworth
DD Caldwell, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Lang, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Stack
DD Wilson, Shell hits 1
DD Cummings, Shell hits 2
DD Drayton
DD Case, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 1


Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 32% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Maryland at 8,000 yards
BB Maryland engages BB Hyuga at 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CL Helena at 8,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CLAA San Diego at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages BB Maryland at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Conyngham at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Case at 8,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Conyngham at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Wilson at 8,000 yards
DD Lang engages DD Hibiki at 8,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Suresushio at 8,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Lansdowne at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards [8|][8|]
BB Hyuga engages BB Maryland at 2,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Maryland at 2,000 yards
BB Maryland engages CL Oi at 2,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Lang at 2,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Cummings at 2,000 yards
DD Case engages DD Suresushio at 2,000 yards
DD Drayton engages DD Hibiki at 2,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Cummings at 2,000 yards
DD Wilson engages DD Suresushio at 2,000 yards
DD Lang engages DD Suresushio at 2,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Hibiki at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Maryland at 4,000 yards
BB Maryland engages BB Ise at 4,000 yards
CL Helena engages CL Oi at 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CLAA San Diego at 4,000 yards
CL Oi engages CLAA Atlanta at 4,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Case at 4,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Drayton at 4,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Wilson at 4,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Wilson at 4,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Hibiki at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
BB Nevada engages BB Hyuga at 8,000 yards
BB Maryland sunk by BB Ise at 8,000 yards
CLAA San Diego engages CL Oi at 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CLAA San Diego at 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CLAA Atlanta at 8,000 yards
DD Conyngham engages DD Hibiki at 8,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Conyngham at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Drayton at 8,000 yards
DD Wilson engages DD Akatsuki at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Wilson at 8,000 yards
DD Caldwell engages DD Hibiki at 8,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Lansdowne at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Nevada at 11,000 yards
BB Ise engages BB Nevada at 11,000 yards
CLAA San Diego engages CL Oi at 11,000 yards
CL Oi engages CLAA Atlanta at 11,000 yards
DD Lang engages DD Suresushio at 11,000 yards
DD Wilson engages DD Uruyuke at 11,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Case at 11,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Cummings at 11,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Lang at 11,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Stack at 11,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Lardner at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Nevada at 12,000 yards
BB Nevada engages BB Ise at 12,000 yards
CL Oi engages CLAA San Diego at 12,000 yards
CL Oi engages CLAA Atlanta at 12,000 yards
DD Conyngham engages DD Suresushio at 12,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Case at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Lang at 12,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Cummings at 12,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Wilson at 12,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Stack at 12,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Lang at 12,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Caldwell at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Woodworth at 12,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Lansdowne at 12,000 yards
CL Oi engages BB Nevada at 12,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CL Helena at 12,000 yards
CL Kitakami engages CLAA San Diego at 12,000 yards
CLAA San Diego engages CL Kitakami at 12,000 yards
DD Conyngham engages DD Suresushio at 12,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Uruyuke at 12,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Case at 12,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Cummings at 12,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Akatsuki at 12,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Kazegumo at 12,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Woodworth at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
BB Nevada engages BB Hyuga at 11,000 yards
BB Nevada engages BB Ise at 11,000 yards
CLAA San Diego engages CL Kitakami at 11,000 yards
CLAA Atlanta engages CL Kitakami at 11,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Lang at 11,000 yards
DD Lang engages DD Uruyuke at 11,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Lardner at 11,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Uruyuke at 11,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Wilson at 11,000 yards
DD Kazegumo engages DD Stack at 11,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Lang at 11,000 yards
DD Caldwell engages DD Suresushio at 11,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Kazegumo at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Nevada engages BB Hyuga at 8,000 yards
CL Oi engages CL Helena at 8,000 yards
CL Helena engages CL Oi at 8,000 yards
CL Oi engages CLAA Atlanta at 8,000 yards
DD Conyngham engages DD Uruyuke at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Case at 8,000 yards
DD Drayton engages DD Suresushio at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Stack at 8,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Hibiki at 8,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Lansdowne at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
BB Hyuga sunk by BB Nevada at 11,000 yards
CL Helena engages CL Oi at 11,000 yards
CLAA San Diego engages CL Oi at 11,000 yards
CL Oi engages CLAA Atlanta at 11,000 yards
DD Conyngham engages DD Suresushio at 11,000 yards
DD Case engages DD Suresushio at 11,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Case at 11,000 yards
DD Lang engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Lardner at 11,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Caldwell at 11,000 yards
DD Woodworth engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Lardner at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
BB Ise engages BB Nevada at 10,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Oi at 10,000 yards
BB Ise engages CLAA San Diego at 10,000 yards
BB Ise engages CLAA Atlanta at 10,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Conyngham at 10,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Cummings at 10,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Drayton at 10,000 yards
DD Wilson engages DD Suresushio at 10,000 yards
DD Woodworth engages DD Suresushio at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
BB Ise engages BB Nevada at 12,000 yards
CL Oi engages CL Helena at 12,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Kitakami at 12,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Suresushio at 12,000 yards
DD Uruyuke engages DD Lang at 12,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Tatsuyuke at 12,000 yards
DD Akatsuki engages DD Stack at 12,000 yards
DD Wilson engages DD Suresushio at 12,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Lansdowne at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
BB Nevada engages BB Ise at 11,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Oi at 11,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Kitakami at 11,000 yards
DD Lang engages DD Uruyuke at 11,000 yards
DD Tatsuyuke engages DD Lardner at 11,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Wilson at 11,000 yards
DD Stack engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
DD Woodworth engages DD Akatsuki at 11,000 yards
DD Lardner engages DD Hibiki at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
BB Ise engages BB Nevada at 12,000 yards
BB Ise engages CL Helena at 12,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Kitakami at 12,000 yards
BB Ise engages CLAA Atlanta at 12,000 yards
DD Lansdowne engages DD Uruyuke at 12,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Case at 12,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Drayton at 12,000 yards
DD Kazegumo engages DD Lang at 12,000 yards
BB Ise engages BB Nevada at 12,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Oi at 12,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Kitakami at 12,000 yards
BB Ise engages CLAA Atlanta at 12,000 yards
DD Conyngham engages DD Akatsuki at 12,000 yards
DD Case engages DD Suresushio at 12,000 yards
DD Drayton engages DD Suresushio at 12,000 yards
DD Cummings engages DD Akatsuki at 12,000 yards
DD Kazegumo engages DD Lang at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
BB Nevada engages BB Ise at 13,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Oi at 13,000 yards
BB Nevada engages CL Kitakami at 13,000 yards
CLAA Atlanta engages DD Suresushio at 13,000 yards
DD Conyngham engages DD Uruyuke at 13,000 yards
DD Kazegumo engages DD Case at 13,000 yards
DD Hibiki engages DD Lardner at 13,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Cummings at 13,000 yards
DD Lang engages DD Kazegumo at 13,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages DD Lang at 13,000 yards
Task forces break off...

we´ve spotted an enemy TF West of Adak yesterday and as our BB TF was covering the resupply/reinforcement TF (did the same as at the same time at Milne Bay, moving in eng units and supplies to build up the base full speed) that already is moving out today, I decided to investigate what the enemy is having West of Adak. It was already clear to me when our sub stumbled into this TF earlier this night so seeing this engagement wasn´t that surprising anymore. I´m no friend of naval engagements if I don´t feel to have a superior force (usually in ship classes, means BBs vs CAs or CA vs CLs) and in this case nearly two identical forces met to fight it out. While we had more DDs, our DDs were more or less useless, had some hopes for CL Helena to trash the enemy CL or some DDs with here fast firing and numerous 6inch guns but she performed not so good. This engagement really lasted forever, guess I´ve watched it nearly halve an hour. The first 1/3 of the engagement was a horror to watch as Maryland was hit hard by Hyuga´s 36cm fire while landing only on 16inch shell on target in return. When Ise joined the fight, Maryland was already heavily damaged but still able to fight back. Hyuga was then hit by Maryland twice but also finished by Ise and Hyuga´s counterfire. Maryland was the first ship that went down in this engagement. At that point Hyuga was heavily damaged and I expected the engagement to end sooner than later with the enemy getting away and us losing a BB for no gain. But it was Nevada´s turn then, taking on Hyuga and hitting here hard with 14inch shells. Hyuaga was lying dead in the water when Ise started firing 36cm shells at Nevada that BOUNCED off her armor!! [X(] OMG, how´s that possible I´ve thought. At that time I wasn´t aware that Nevada and Maryland had the same armor so I´ve thought that the 36cm armament could just not penetrate the thicker armor of Nevada while they could harm Maryland. It was after the battle when I checked the stats to find out that both have the same armor. Don´t know what was going on then as Nevada was hit four times by 36cm shells, none of them penetrating. Nevada ended the battle with 2 points of fire damage.

Our AA cruisers were undergunned for a naval engagement, even though they were hitting the enemy light cruisers a couple of times, the 5 inch guns did no damage. Helena scored some 6 inch hits on several ships, only DD Suresushio was hit hard by our DDs and is expected to be a loss to. We´ve got three DDs damaged, none of those will sink. They are disbanded at Adak but will leave for the West Coast a day later as their major flt damage is below 10 for each of them. In the end I would rate this engagement as an Allied victory, we sunk a BB and a DD and have lost a BB. We´ve got far more BBs than the enemy and without a single loss at Pearl Harbour we can afford one old BB lost anyway. Not just that, this engagement was also a mission kill, as I doubt that the enemy TF is causing us much trouble the next days. Ise for sure has no main gun ammo left (same as Nevada, completely empty) and I´m not really afraid of the two light cruisers. Lots of torps were fired from both sides, nobody achieved a hit.

An amazing figth and real fun to watch. The only thing that I thought to be off was the short time when the BBs started shooting at each other with small calibre weapons after closing to 2000 yards. After a long boring period, this PBEM is really getting interesting again...

lots of burning steel at the end of the engagement... [:D]



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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133

Japanese Ships
SS I-168

Allied Ships
CL Concord
PC Tiger
AMC Westralia
AM Muritai
AM Horsham
AM Cessnock
AM Kalgoorlie
AP William Ward Burrows
xAP Adelong
xAP Merkur
xAP Talthibius
xAP Dardanus
xAP Jalarashmi
xAP Changte
xAP Centaur
xAP St. Mihel
xAK Michael Livanos
xAK George Livanos
xAK Period
xAK Mangola
xAK Iron Baron
xAK Barwon
xAK Lorrain
xAK Kiangsu
xAK Potter
xAK Admiral Laws
xAKL Mulcra
xAKL Patris
xAKL Vichy
xAKL Kohala
xAKL Susana
xAKL Atlantic
DD La Triomphant
PG Moresby
PG Charleston
PC Reliance



SS I-168 is sighted by escort
DD La Triomphant fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Moresby fails to find sub and abandons search
PG Charleston fails to find sub and abandons search
PC Reliance fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

this is the big resupply/reinforcement TF going to Milne Bay... won´t take more than two days to completely unload...

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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-32
SC CHa-1

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-32[8|]
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,112

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi [:@][:@][:@]
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hamakaze
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon



SS Gudgeon launches 6 torpedoes at CV Akagi [:@][:@][:@]
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Urakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Urakaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

DUDS [:@][:@][:@]

at least we know that KB has left Truk... we´ve flown 150 fighters to Milne Bay already so I´m curious if Rainer really dares to attack our carriers that field some 500 aircraft with another 150 fighters one hex away at Milne Bay...

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Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 98,135

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
xAKL Iowan


xAKL Iowan is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Iowan

this is the second mini TF in the area without an escort... it´s immedietely attacked of course... duds, lol...

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Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 98,135

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
xAKL Georgian



xAKL Georgian is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Georgian

what a die roll, the captain decides to fire another salvo, again DUDS [:D]

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ASW attack near Truk at 109,114

Japanese Ships
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Tama Maru #8
PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal is located by PB Shuko Maru #5
Narwhal diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,133

Japanese Ships
SS I-168, hits 10

Allied Ships
BB Warspite
BC Repulse
CL Mauritius
DD Hammann
DD Morris
DD Walke
DD O'Brien
DD Russell



SS I-168 is sighted by escort
DD Morris fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD O'Brien fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Russell fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Walke attacking submerged sub ....
DD Walke attacking submerged sub ....
DD Walke loses contact with SS I-168
DD Walke fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this is the TF that covers unloading at Milne Bay... don´t want to run into the next enemy SC TF... good thing that the encounter near Adak resulted in a loss of an IJN BB because if the enemy BBs would have whiped the floor with our BBs Rainer could think about attacking us here with some surface combat forces. Now he´s probably more cautios... especially if he spots British battlewaggons...

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Morning Air attack on 2/7th Armoured Regiment, at 76,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 2/7th Armoured Regiment, at 76,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 23 (3 destroyed, 20 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

our tank regiment gets nearly whiped out... [:(]

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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 75,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 79,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ...


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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-32

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-1
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds...

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ASW attack near Milne Bay at 101,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-172

Allied Ships
DD Sims
DD Lamson
DD Fanning



SS I-172 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Sims
I-172 diving deep ....
DD Lamson attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Lamson fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Lamson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fanning fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

4 torps miss, all DCs dropped missed also...

[castor troy]

Lost the cr of the 18th and can´t remember if something interesting has happened but I guess not...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 19, 42
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Sub attack near Milne Bay at 99,134

Japanese Ships
SS RO-62

Allied Ships
CV Hornet
BB North Carolina
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA Salt Lake City
CL Honolulu
CL Boise
CLAA San Juan
DD Ellet
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Selfridge
DD Porter



SS RO-62 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Hornet
DD Clark fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

God damn, what are my DDs doing? Next attack on my carriers, first time that the salvo missed my carrier... [:@] and the sub gets away unharmed of course... Brought in even more DDs, some 50 DDs (all modern US DDs) are operating with my fleet near Milne Bay now but that won´t scare the IJN subs... I can´t even protect my capitol ships and other than US subs, the IJN subs seem to concentrate on firing on fat targets instead of the escorts... while there isn´t, it nearly seems like the IJN gets a working target routine and the Allied don´t as we just keep on firing on escorts 50% of the time...

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Tazima Maru
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tazima Maru
Finback diving deep ....
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud...

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ASW attack near Malacca at 49,82

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Truant



SS Truant is located by DD Mikazuki
Truant diving deep ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

4 ship ASW TF moving up and down the Malacca strait... got three subs there...

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ASW attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
PB Zosen Maru
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion is located by PB Zosen Maru
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 79,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 80,53 (Hengyang)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 20, 42
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Sub attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
DD Makigumo
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kagero

Allied Ships
SS S-45, hits 1



SS S-45 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Shokaku[:@]
DD Natsushio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Oyashio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kagero fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kagero fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kagero fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

MISSED! I just hate it...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

this is the start of the usual stupid non strike coordination... everything is fine except having all squadrons set to the air HQ in place and not having killed a chicken on my desk... stupidity... at times I´ve got the feeling that the biggest influence in the change of airwar from WITP to AE is that they only got the routines go screw up airstrikes and therefore together with all the implemented chrome you get the feeling it would be different...

amazingly enough, the Zeroes were once again shredded by the Warhawks... mid 42 and all you need vs. Zeroes and Oscars are 70 skilled pilots...

first squadron going in alone...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

second squadron going in alone...

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 14



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
1 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
1 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

third squadron going in alone...

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Afternoon Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 56[8|]



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed



CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 17 on standby, 19 scrambling)
19 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes

different location, same stupidity of course... also here, everthing is fine... nevertheless one squadron after another goes in alone... STUPIDITY!

The other side of the stupiditiy is the fact that you still face hordes of enemy fighters on Cap as they will intercept just fine... the Warhawks were butchered by the ongoing dive of course... only a 15:0 kill rate... oh, it´s so different...

fourth squadron going in alone...

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Afternoon Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 56 [8|]



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed



CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 27 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

next squadron alone, as you can see, not even one enemy fighter was damaged by the first sweep...

fifth squadron going in alone...

but hey, a Tojo was shot down... [&o] 20:1 for the Tojos at this stage... hey, it´s different...


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Afternoon Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 45 [8|]



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 3 destroyed



CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 21 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

if you think that the Lightnings would go in together, you would be just a dreamer... also the Lightnings are shot to pieces, but hey, they get a 1:1 at least...

hey, sixth squdrond going in alone...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 40


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 20


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
B-26B Marauder x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

not that the bomber strikes would look different... the only difference is that there are dozens of squadrons, some aircraft from different squadrons arrive over the target at the same time by accident, but probably not by design... as it is designed, you can rely on "strike packs"... that get butchered at rates up to 20:1+ when you employ 70 skilled pilots... it definetely is different, because in WITP I couldn´t produce such off results when I´ve sent out pilots in equal aircraft with equal experience...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed




CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead

not that it would be over already, I had of course another Lightning squadron set to sweep... this was the never ending dive on our side, the result is obvious... shaking head...

this one "saved" the day, otherwise only we would have lost fighters in the dozen... a clean 10:0 in this engagement...

seventh strike going in alone... stupid...

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Afternoon Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet *

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes


yeah baby, and strike number 8 is going in alone... is there a stronger word for "stupid"?

must have been a hard task in WWII to fly in formation... I´ve figured out that you get nice results when you´ve got squadrons with 70 exp but this is something you won´t ever reach in a PBEM probably, at least not when you send out your fully trained fighter squadrons and halve of the pilots die on their first mission... it´s all about experience, noticed this when I used the editor and gave all pilots 70 exp to start with... this "strike pack" routine is just a borked piece of design, sorry, noone can argue that uncoordination was an issue in 98% of the strike missions flown in the Pacific... that´s just bullocks and surely not improves the air routines at all, it produces even stranger results than WITP could come up with... as said earlier, the stratosphere sweep isn´t an issue in this PBEM anymore, change with the patch or not, the highest flying aircraft is not getting the dive anymore automatically, which is good... the "coordination" as seen in this turn as a good example (can repeat this as often as you wish) is nothing but a wet fart that has nothing to do with reality... for sure WWII era, trained fighter squadrons could launch a strike of 27 Warhawks from three squadrons together(3*9 not 3*27 mind you), when being launched from a level 5 airfield... not happening here when trying to do that from Milne Bay flying to Buna... Same goes for India of course, having huge airfields, not possible to have even two squadrons fly together (out of five)... don´t tell me that at least two flying together wouldn´t be possible in real life... having it NOT working nearly all of the time is just plain wrong... if things are designed that they can go wrong due to a lot of different issues then that´s fine by me, but getting it to work only twice out of a hundred times is a joke...[8|]

all 8 fighter squadrons employed today where top notch, all they´ve been lacking is experience, but I can´t get them to 70 without using the editor and that´s what you´ve got to do BEFORE you start a game...

uncoordination and the dive resulted in our losses today, losses we can´t sustain at all... the old tip applies again, don´t use your airforce if you lose doing so... a very good tip... let´s postpone the war into mid 45... [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 21, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 110,111

Japanese Ships
PB Tama Maru #8
PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Searaven



SS Searaven is located by PB Tama Maru #8
Searaven diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

looks like a low value ASW TF around Truk...

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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Tuna



SS Tuna is sighted by escort
Tuna bottoming out ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS Grampus, hits 1



SS Grampus is sighted by escort
Grampus bottoming out ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84

Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi
DD Isonami
DD Shinonome

Allied Ships
SS Grampus, hits 2



SS Grampus is located by DD Inazuma
Grampus bottoming out ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shinonome attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


Grampus takes a hit and is out of action... total damage is around 40, will probably take 2 days in Brisbane´s shipyard to have the sub 100% fixed... repair rates should be looked at... can´t this be done under "bug busting"? I doubt that someone would think you could fix a completely wrecked sub in just a couple of days so you could say "it´s a bug" [;)]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 22, 42
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Submarine attack near Eureka at 214,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
xAK William M. Stewart, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage



xAK William M. Stewart is sighted by SS I-9
SS I-9 launches 6 torpedoes

A single freighter is killed while moving along the West Coast to San Francisco... after one hit and very close to port I first thought the ship would have a chance but it sank the next moment...

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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal is sighted by escort
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes

we weren´t able to take a Nik down but damaged all of them... one was reported lost A2A...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

what we are able is to fly three separated sweeps with three squadrons... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

sweep number three... [>:]

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 61

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 39
B-24D Liberator x 15


No Japanese losses

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

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 92

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

these sized raids is something we get if we have two bases strike against the same target... the two bases got a different range to target, it just works by accident IMO...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and then we see the rest of the bits and pieces coming in...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 30
B-26B Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...

thought ground strikes against PM would make sense... they don´t...

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Morning Air attack on 8th Base Force, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 15


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 8th Base Force, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

ah, some of the Warhawks still coming in... not even the three squadrons ordered to fly the sweep come in as coordinated strikes... must have been some idiots flying in WWII...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

Place one Tojo sentai at the target and set them to Cap and due to the "strike packs" you take down 20 Warhawks for no loss... three squadrons launching five strikes... ridicoulos and completely unrealistic... why shouldn´t 27 fighters be able to launch and fly in formation?

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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-32

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



Captain of SS Grunion elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


good idea... [:(]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 23, 42
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Tama Maru #8
PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at PB Sonan Maru #5
Narwhal diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 loses contact with SS Narwhal
SS Narwhal eludes ASW attack from PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
SS Narwhal eludes ASW attack from PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud after dud...

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Sub attack near Truk at 109,114

Japanese Ships
xAKL Higari Maru

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Higari Maru
Sub escapes detection

more of them...

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Siangtan , at 81,52

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 24, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
PB Nako Maru #2 [&:]
PB Shotoku Maru [&:]
PB Shoei Maru [&:]
AMC Kongo Maru
AMC Kinryu Maru
DD Umikaze
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 1



SS Searaven is sighted by escort
Searaven diving deep ....
DD Umikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

rather strange TF composition IMO... what are PBs doing in this TF? Can PBs be included in a fast transport TF? For me this looks like a Tokyo Express operation (heading somewhere into the Lae area I guess), while Express is an exaggaration when there are PBs... [:D]

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Submarine attack near San Francisco at 210,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-16

Allied Ships
AP Henry T. Allen, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage [8|]



AP Henry T. Allen is sighted by SS I-16
SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at AP Henry T. Allen

near San Francisco isn´t really true, this is quite some distance to the coast... I once again forgot to keep an eye on my ship withdrawels and you don´t get an "allert" message two weeks or so before you have to withdraw a ship. Therefore you end up with your ships somewhere and can´t withdraw them at the day you should because you can only withdraw them when their at their "national port". In this case I had to send two APs from Pearl Harbour directly to SF because I have just noticed it the day when I had to withdraw them (due to the message "two ships overdue for withdrawel" [8|]).

Note to myself, check ship withdrawels at least once a week...

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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 26[:(]



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
49th FG/7th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

it´s official now, Rainer has moved he wonder weapon into his Southern frontlines... Tojos from Gasmata are sweeping our leaking Cap, one of the features we hate the most since day one of WITP as the player just can´t do anything against it... the Tojos are uber if they encounter a hundred of our aircraft, how much more uber do they become when they get a shot at leaking Cap of 6-10 fighters? Having a kill rate of 50:1 in the end? Both our Warhawks were damaged, one was written off... we did not get a shot at the enemy...

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Morning Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 75,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 56th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 56th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...


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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
49th FG/8th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
49th FG/9th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/36th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/80th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/7th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

one thing is for sure, non-coordination works for both sides exactly the same... the usual 95% of a squadron goes in and then there´s the 5% fragment following... in this case we outnumbered the rest of the Tojos 4:1 and shot one of the buggers down...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamahuku Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

4 out of 130 heavy bombers decided that it would be worth it to attack this convoy (8 ships reported) unloading at Wewak... Rainer is obviously in a hurry strenghtening his defensive lines in this region...

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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 35
B-26B Marauder x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 7 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...

not happy to see fighters attacking our fragile medium bombers...

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Morning Air attack on 8th Base Force, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Base Force ...


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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

2 medium bombers were lost, a disaster for the US airforce as the replacement rate is more or less non existant for medium USAAF bombers... wonder how the US waged war, they couldn´t have done it with medium bombers... I have to completely rely on heavy bombers as I get more of them from mid 43 than I get medium bombers for the USAAF. Until mid 44 I get only something like 10 Mitchells each month and that´s it. You can lose 20 in one turn if you run into two dozen Zeroes... [8|]

[khyberbill]

Until mid 44 I get only something like 10 Mitchells each month and that´s it. You can lose 20 in one turn if you run into two dozen Zeroes...

You must be playing a different version of AE than mine. Starting in 6/43 I get 25 B25D1's along with 10 B25D's per month.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: khyberbill

Until mid 44 I get only something like 10 Mitchells each month and that´s it. You can lose 20 in one turn if you run into two dozen Zeroes...

You must be playing a different version of AE than mine. Starting in 6/43 I get 25 B25D1's along with 10 B25D's per month.

I have to check that again, I´ve already looked at it a couple of times and always came to the result that from mid 43 to to mid 44 there are only 10 Mitchells. [&:]

I´m talking about US ones, not counting those that go to the Australian units for example.

[khyberbill]

I´m talking about US ones, not counting those that go to the Australian units for example.

Australians don't get the B25D1. They get the Mitchell II and then the III.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: khyberbill

I´m talking about US ones, not counting those that go to the Australian units for example.

Australians don't get the B25D1. They get the Mitchell II and then the III.

yeah I know, I just wanted to point out that I haven´t counted those "Mitchells". [;)]

[khyberbill]

yeah I know, I just wanted to point out that I haven´t counted those "Mitchells".

US gets 30 B25D1s a month from 2/43 to 8/44. You get another 75 B25Gs in the middle of the year. So far, I have found that to be enough. Eventually the B24Js are in plentiful supply and I just replace medium bombers with them if running short of airframes.

[castor troy]

ah, I was wrong, it´s not mid 43, it´s mid 44. From mid 44 on you get far more heavy bombers than medium bombers it seems. All you get are 15 B-25J1 per month. As it´s mid 44 it makes it even stranger for me though. And when looking at the armament of this late Mitchell version then I don´t want to run into fighters anyway as the bomber can´t defend itself with more or less a completely forward firing armament. While historical correct, the 8 fwd MGs make the bomber less usefull than the early versions with "all around defensive armament". Oh well, quite a luxury though if you can use the hordes of 4Es instead of medium bombers I guess. But this will also mean that the USAAF will nearly exclusively fly heavy bombers form mid 44 on, no matter what mission.

[Q-Ball]

Don't forget the B-25C factory will continue to upgrade and produce later versions. That adds 20 planes/mo to whatever version you are on.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Don't forget the B-25C factory will continue to upgrade and produce later versions. That adds 20 planes/mo to whatever version you are on.

[X(] Now that´s the answer I was waiting for.

thanks Q-Ball [:)]