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ASW attack near Amoy at 84,62
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14
Allied Ships
SS Sunfish
SS Sunfish is located by SC Ch 3
SC Ch 15 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Laoag at 80,71
Japanese Ships
E Yaeyama
Allied Ships
SS Gunnel
SS Gunnel is sighted by escort
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub vs Sub: SS S-27 attacking SS I-27 at 110,132 - near Shortlands
Japanese Ships
SS I-27, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-27
SS S-27 launches 4 torpedoes at 2,000 yards
first sub on sub in the war... so far we only had sighted enemy subs but they dove before we engaged them... today we succesfully engage I-27 in the Solomons, the sub is sunk (got a Glen destroyed on the ground so I´m sure about it)... [:D]
the combat replay looked strange though, anyone else having it displayed like this? Everything else is displayed just fine...
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ASW attack near Moppo at 99,53
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-41
DD Okikaze
PB Muroran Maru
Allied Ships
SS Tambor
SS Tambor is sighted by escort
Tambor bottoming out ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Submarine attack near Queenstown at 79,178
Japanese Ships
SS I-21
Allied Ships
xAK Masula, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Masula is sighted by SS I-21
SS I-21 launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Masula
empty convoy going back to Cape Town (coming from Tasmania) is attacked but the big freighter has a fair chance to make Hobart port with 45 flt (24 major)... no escort for this convoy as it was pretty safe so far to move from Cape Town into this region with differing waypoints...
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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 80,94
Japanese Ships
xAK Teiryu Maru
PB Gamitsu Maru #1
Allied Ships
SS Gar
SS Gar launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Teiryu Maru
Gar 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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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109
Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Yugure
DD Hatsushima
Allied Ships
SS Seal
SS Seal is sighted by escort
Seal diving deep ....
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 56,50
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 11000 feet
failed escort... ridicoulos air routine...
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 56,50
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 13 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 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:
20 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
while the Zeroes from the same base fail to escort the bombers day after day, these Helens are now escorted from Tojos from Mandalay, a base some 500 miles from where the bombers are coming from...
ridicoulos air routine... unfortunetely such BS can´t be fixed with a mod, only code changes would do the trick... it´s a feature, a ridicoulos one...
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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 56,50
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
same here, the Oscars are based 500 miles away from the bombers but they manage to escort them while the Zeroes from the same base fail daily... I wonder how empty ones head must be when you ignore the game´s result on and on and keep on saying everything is just fine... it may be working as designed but then one should just get over his ego and admit that it´s BS...
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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 25
B-17F Fortress x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
C5M2 Babs: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
I´m thinking about moving a couple of dozen 4Es to Port Moresby which is a level 9 airfield.. that way we could attack targets like Gasmata with a full bomb load... the bases around Cairns are already quite far away from our main targets...
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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 9
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 41
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 36
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
while Munda seems to house lots of bombers and fighters, Shortlands was reported to be more or less empty... only some float fighters engaged our bombers today but they were not threat...
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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 50th Field AA Battalion, at 99,128
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 36
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 82nd Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,50
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 11000 feet
more of the failed escort attempts... how stupid is this really? I can´t wait for the next time when someone asks for evidence of the air routines being rubbish... pages full of evidence in this AAR alone, a pity there aren´t really a lot people posting every single combat report as this would show infinite evidence...
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Afternoon Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,50
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 35000 feet
those seem to have been actually sweeping... at least there was no message about fighters failing to link up with the bombers...
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Afternoon Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,50
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-44-IIa Tojo x 39
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
bombers from Rangoon get fighter escorts from Mandalay, Rangoon´s Zeroes fail a couple of times each day... a broken piece of programming...
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 81,96
Japanese Ships
TK Fukoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Shinetsu Maru
PB Teiko Maru
Allied Ships
SS Tautog
SS Tautog launches 4 torpedoes at TK Fukoku Maru
PB Teiko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teiko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
a small tanker full of oil is left burning heavily...
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ASW attack near Toyohara at 124,48
Japanese Ships
PB Yachiyo Maru
Allied Ships
SS Shad
SS Shad is sighted by escort
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Iba at 77,75
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-20
SC CHa-23
Allied Ships
SS Pollack
SS Pollack launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-20
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-23 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
