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

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue May 18, 2010 12:46 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 26, 42
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Sub attack near Laoag at 80,72

Japanese Ships
xAK Tazan Maru
xAK Yamabuki Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
SC CHa-11

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tazan Maru
Sturgeon diving deep ....
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
E Hayabusa
E Otori
E Kari

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

SS Halibut launches 4 torpedoes at E Hayabusa
Halibut diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,110

Japanese Ships
PB Sento Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Ujigawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXV

SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at PB Sento Maru
KXV diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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Naval bombardment of Wessel Islands at 83,126

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Suzukaze
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame

Port hits 10
Port supply hits 4

DD Tadeshiwa firing at Wessel Islands
DD Suzukaze firing at Wessel Islands
DD Yudachi firing at 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
DD Harusame firing at 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion

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Naval bombardment of Buna at 99,129 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

189 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Shell hits 4
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 10, on fire
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2
CA Maya, Shell hits 1

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

CA Kako firing at 5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
CA Kinugasa firing at 5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
CA Aoba firing at 5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
CA Maya firing at 5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment

our CD unit did quite a good job hitting the enemy cruisers with 6 inch gunfire a lot of times... lot of superstructure hits and also some tower armor penetrating hits but it seems the cruisers weren´t impressed at all as they were able to move out 9 hexes during the day again... not a single hit on the base though and our CD unit was completely untouched...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
xAK Uyo Maru
DD Yakaze

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

SS Halibut launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Uyo Maru
Halibut diving deep ....
DD Yakaze attacking submerged sub ....
SS Halibut eludes DD Yakaze by diving deep
SS Halibut eludes ASW attack from DD Yakaze
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Wessel Islands , at 83,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 6
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 6 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 23 damaged

Allied ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...

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Morning Air attack on 16th Light Cavalry Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

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

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 81448 troops, 849 guns, 704 vehicles, Assault Value = 3006

Defending force 62370 troops, 999 guns, 1447 vehicles, Assault Value = 2065

Japanese adjusted assault: 1109

Allied adjusted defense: 994

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4450 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 154 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 180 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 53 (3 destroyed, 50 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2056 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 109 disabled
Non Combat: 73 destroyed, 477 disabled[:(]
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 377 (76 destroyed, 301 disabled) [:(]

Assaulting units:
77th Infantry Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
38th Division
112th Infantry Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
48th Division
5th Guards Division
55th Engineer Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
9th Division
Imperial Guards Division
Guards Tank Division
23rd AA Regiment
15th Army
34th Field AA Battalion
25th JNAF AF Unit
48th JNAF AF Unit
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
62nd JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
7th Armoured Brigade
20th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
39th Indian Division
70th British Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
42nd Cavalry Regiment
23rd Indian Division
150th RAC Regiment
26th Indian Division
Eastern Army
21st Light AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
4th NW Frontier Base Force
XV Indian Corps
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment

I´ve feared this to happen. The defeated IJA Army that was holding Shwebo and got kicked out by my "Northern Burma Army" reached Pegu yesterday and all of the enemy units here attacked today. I had hopes that Rainer wouldn´t attack but when thinking about how much av he could mass here I was sure he would. With 3000 av I would have expected to see a shock attack but luckily for us it was only a deliberate attack and both our adjusted av looked horrible while the IJA´s was even worse... my troops aren´t prepped for Pegu at all as I expect the enemy to fully abandon it as it´s also a clear hex and we can mass 5000+ av here soon. Hopefully the enemy lost more combat ability than we did, the losses in vehicles and support looked horrible though and they once again don´t match the "casualties" at all so I can´t say much about the real losses without counting up each and every squad in the units every day and it´s depressing that the combat report doesn´t tell you anything anymore with that kind of FOW... [:(] It will take at least another four or five days to have my armored spearhead arrive that is coming from the North which will give me another 500 av but even more important a lot of fire power as we´re talking about tanks here. The bulk of the Northern Burma Army will arrive within the next two weeks.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue May 18, 2010 1:02 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 27, 42
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,113

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ujigawa Maru, Shell hits 5

Allied Ships
SS Grayling, hits 1, on fire

xAKL Ujigawa Maru is sighted by SS Grayling
SS Grayling attacking on the surface
Olsen, E. decides to submerge SS Grayling due to damage

I never liked it when my subs attack on the surface as this most of the times is just bad news for the subs... same is true here, after the escort of this freighter being sunk yesterday Grayling decided that it would be a good idea to attack with her 3 inch, totally useless, deck gun... five hits later, the freighter thought it would be worth firing back and put a shell into Grayling that causes enough damage that the sub has to retire... [8|] well done... the freighter seems to suffer no real damage...

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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,56

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CL Tama
CL Kinu
CL Natori
DD Isonami
DD Shinonome
DD Satsuki
DD Shikinami
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
SS Trusty, hits 1

SS Trusty is sighted by escort
Trusty diving deep ....
DD Satsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shikinami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murakumo cannot establish contact with SS Trusty
Escort abandons search for sub

bombardment incoming...

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Sub attack near Laoag at 80,72

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-20
SC CHa-23

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

Captain of SS Halibut elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Halibut diving deep ....
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

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Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CL Tama
CL Kinu
CL Natori
DD Satsuki
DD Shikinami
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
DD Shinonome
DD Ikazuchi

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)

CL Kiso firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
CL Tama firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
CL Kinu firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
CL Natori firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
DD Satsuki firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
DD Shikinami firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
DD Murakumo firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
DD Isonami firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
DD Shinonome firing at 268th Motorised Brigade
DD Ikazuchi firing at 268th Motorised Brigade

only one LCU, no ships and no aircraft at the base and that seems to be one of the factors that triggers a nuke or not...

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Morning Air attack on I US Amphib Corps, at 99,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
49th FG/9th FS with P-40K 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 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

daily and annoying... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 26000 feet

Rainer spotted my aircraft at Prome but none of them were set to Cap as this would just be suicide against the Tojos...

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Morning Air attack on I US Amphib Corps, at 99,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed[8|]

CAP engaged:
12th FS with P-40K 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 29000
Raid is overhead
VMF-111 with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
VMF-211 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 26000 feet

look at all those dispersed sweeps... aircraft coordination...

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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
xAKL Bunzan Maru
SC CHa-26

Allied Ships
SS Seadragon

Captain of SS Seadragon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-26 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Cox's Bazar at 53,43

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
xAKL Kalarand
xAK Coquina
xAKL Elout
xAKL Duijmar van Twist
xAKL Memphis City
AM Oudh

Captain of SS I-154 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AM Oudh fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Oudh fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Oudh fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

seems like both sides sub captains want to bring their torps back home...

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ASW attack near Jaffna at 29,45

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
DD Preston
DD Thanet
DD Tenedos

SS I-30 is located by DD Preston
I-30 diving deep ....
DD Thanet fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tenedos loses contact with SS I-30
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76220 troops, 823 guns, 701 vehicles, Assault Value = 2775

Defending force 58231 troops, 999 guns, 1391 vehicles, Assault Value = 1922

Japanese adjusted assault: 990

Allied adjusted defense: 964

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
5626 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 307 disabled
Engineers: 48 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 104 (5 destroyed, 99 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2137 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 272 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Vehicles lost 97 (14 destroyed, 83 disabled)

Assaulting units:
38th Division
55th Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
9th Tank Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
112th Infantry Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
5th Guards Division
9th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
Guards Tank Division
15th Army
35th Fld AA Gun Co
25th JNAF AF Unit
31st Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
48th JNAF AF Unit
32nd Field AA Battalion
23rd AA Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
62nd JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
23rd Indian Division
7th Armoured Brigade
39th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
42nd Cavalry Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
20th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
70th British Division
26th Indian Division
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
Eastern Army
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
III Indian Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
XV Indian Corps
4th NW Frontier Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment

back to back deliberate attack by the Japanese and again they don´t achieve anything... looks like we can hold...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:12 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 28, 42
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 28,45

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
DD Thanet
DD Tenedos

SS I-30 is located by DD Thanet
DD Thanet fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos fails to find sub and abandons search
Escort abandons search for sub

not much an enemy sub will encounter near Ceylon... I rarely have ships going there and usually only this ASW force is in this area...

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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120

Japanese Ships
DD Takanami
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Amatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS KXII

SS KXII is sighted by escort
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Amatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Truk at 111,110

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

Allied Ships
SS Barb

SS Barb is located by PB Toshi Maru #3
Barb diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 is out of ASW ammo
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Kurohime Maru
xAK Kosin Maru
xAK Misaki Maru
xAK Sinkyo Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
E Tomozuru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore is sighted by escort
Albacore diving deep ....
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Kosin Maru
xAK Kurohime Maru
xAK Misaki Maru
xAK Sinkyo Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
E Tomozuru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kosin Maru
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Pre-Invasion action off Wessel Islands
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Suzukaze
DD Harusame

DD Tadeshiwa firing at 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
DD Suzukaze firing at 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
DD Harusame firing at 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion

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Amphibious Assault at Wessel Islands

TF 183 troops unloading over beach at Wessel Islands, 83,126

guess the destroyers only brought some supplies...

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ASW attack near Iba at 78,74

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-20
SC CHa-23

Allied Ships
SS Pollack

SS Pollack is sighted by escort
Pollack diving deep ....
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

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 113,66

Japanese Ships
TK San Pedro Maru
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

SS Sawfish launches 6 torpedoes at TK San Pedro Maru
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

high value target but the usual duds...

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Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 56,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 27
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 22

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 6 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 26000 feet
3 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 35000 feet
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 16000 feet

CAP engaged:
8th FG/35th FS with P-39D Airacobra (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(16 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
16 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 32100
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...

oh how do I love the leaking Cap feature even when you order the fighters to LRCAP a different hex... must be the case of being a bad player and not being a bad design again... unfortunetely there is no way to stop fighters ignoring orders in this game... that way we lose 8 Airacobras for not a single enemy fighter downed... hey, I really like the airroutines... [8|] especially because of the ongoing really realistic kill rates...

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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 44
B-24D Liberator x 23

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 96

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

Gasmata is trashed again... one of the main disadvantages of the Japanese is the lack of a lot good engineering units which makes it pretty hard to have a net of functioning airbases near the front that can be kept open... at the moment, there´s only Rabaul (with hundreds of fighters) and Munda (with 50-75 fighters) operational in this area... all other bases can be suppressed at will with our heavy bomber force... can´t wait for 2/43 to get 48 Army Liberators and another 16 Navy Liberators (of which I can´t make use until mid 43 due to the lack of USN squadrons to put them in... were they produced to be kept in stock in real life?[&:])

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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 46

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 68

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

two really big strikes were flown out of Port Moresby today... wonder what justifies the difference between bomber coordination and the ridicoulos non coordination of fighter sweeps all the time...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 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 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

I will upgrade all my B-17 in India/Burma to B-24 in early 43 and use the B-17 in New Guinea again because I need the longer B-24 range to effectively attack targets deep into Thailand to force my opponent to further thin out the frontlines of fighters... a dozen OscarII wouldn´t be really a threat for our bombers I´ve thought but in the end we lose two of the bombers... range is really a factor here...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on I US Amphib Corps, at 99,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
12th FS with P-40K 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 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

leaking Cap and Rainer knows anyway that my P-40 can only reach 29.000ft... with the screwed air routine that makes altitude the most important factor of all things in air combat, we will see a substantial change in 43 when all our fighters will reach higher than the Japanese fighters... until then, there´s no Army fighter (except the P-38) that can go high enough to be a threat for the Japanese... funny when you think about the war in real life and how it turns out in AE... rubbish [:(] a crappy aircraft trumps a top notch one as long as it can go 10ft higher than the first line fighter... add in a good man rating and you will see the standard: x dives on... x fires from behind... so the best advice for the Japanese IMO is to focus on those fighters that can go the highest possible and have a good man rating (while every Japanese fighter has a better man rating than the Allied anyway I would focus on altitude)... funny, we´re talking about the war in the PACIFIC!

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Ground combat at Magwe (57,47)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1306 troops, 0 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 36

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 18

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Magwe !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion

empty Magwe is in Australian hands now...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:40 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 29, 42
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ASW attack near Itbayat Island at 83,69

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Truk at 110,110

Japanese Ships
DD Natsushio
DD Kagero
DD Tachekaze
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
SS Perch

SS Perch is sighted by escort
Perch diving deep ....
DD Tachekaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asagumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Perth at 46,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-11, hits 1

Allied Ships
AM Ballarat, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AM Outarde

SS I-11 launches 6 torpedoes at AM Ballarat
I-11 diving deep ....
AM Outarde attacking submerged sub ....
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Ballarat was obliberated... I´m happy with my opponent if he keeps subs in the Perth or Ceylon area as they won´t hit something valuable in these areas... [:)]

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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
PB Syozui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Muroran Maru
SC CHa-41
DD Okikaze

Allied Ships
SS Whale, hits 1

SS Whale launches 6 torpedoes at PB Syozui Maru
Whale diving deep ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

we take revenge and sink a patrol...

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ASW attack near Perth at 45,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
AM Outarde

SS I-11 is sighted by escort
I-11 diving deep ....
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-11 eludes ASW attack from AM Outarde
SS I-11 eludes AM Outarde by diving deep
AM Outarde loses contact with SS I-11
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-41

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore is sighted by escort
SC CHa-41 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-41 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-41 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-41 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-41 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 97,59

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring is sighted by escort
Herring bottoming out ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 83,126 (Wessel Islands)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet
14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet

halve a dozen messages of fighters missing the bombers they were tasked to escort... as usual so to say...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes

as usual here too... even if you may think a single or a couple fighters lost A2A daily wouldn´t really matter, well they do matter as you can easily lose more than the replacement rates are in a month... easily, it only depends on how many fighters are sent out as leaking Cap all the time to be killed for sure... both my opponent and me have completely focussed on high altitude and only taking on leaking Cap... speaks for it´s own I guess, but hey, we´re both bad players of course...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 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 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 6 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes

in this case I attacked Pegu directly as I hoped (how stupied can I be with a year´s AE experience? [8|]) that perhaps my two Lightning squadrons would sweep together... of course they don´t, this is working as it was (stupidly) designed... while our Lightnings completely shred the enemy during a long period of our fighters diving the enemy ones, with that number of enemy fighters in the air, the dive finally was over and then the Lightnings were shredded by the diving enemy fighters... halve a dozen P-38 were lost for for more than twice the number of enemy fighters... at least not a loop and looking at the numbers that´s an ok result for me... during the dive the kill rate was something like 10:0 for the Lightnings...

sweep one... [8|]
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

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

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes

and here comes the other squadron... not enough enemy fighters in the air anymore and the Lightnings being at 39.000ft meant the never ending dive for our twin tailed devils... result was a loopsided slaughter with 7 enemies lost for none of ours...

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Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 56,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 26000 feet

either a failed escort attempt or an attempt to pick off leaking Cap... none of my rubbish low alt fighter aircraft were in the air...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 83,126 (Wessel Islands)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 29

No Japanese losses

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

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

looks like Rainer doesn´t want me to own that dot base...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
VMF-211 with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 10000
Raid is overhead
VMF-221 with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 10000
Raid is overhead
35th FG/41st FS with P-40K 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 25000
Raid is overhead
347th FG/68th FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead

even if we get leaking Cap 1:1 in numbers with the enemy, that doesn´t help at all when the enemy is flying higher than us... none of my fighters got a single shot at the enemy...

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Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 56,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 29
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 6 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 2nd British Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...

those air attacks don´t do any damage in the long run as the single units don´t seem to notably suffer at all... the dozen flak units are 100% useless... Allied land based flak is totally pathetic...

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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 3
P-38F Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
1 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

and here´s the rest of the two Lightning squadrons... as if the game is hardcoded to piss you off, the two fragments are now flying together... it´s so stupid, it just hurts... 1:1 in numbers, alt advantage, dive, the enemy had no chance...

in the end we claim something like two dozen enemy fighters today but we´ve lost 6 valuable Lightnings... 4:1 kill rate is in the "ok-range" I guess but fact is that with the Japanese production numbers of Tojos alone, we´re pretty much on the losing end as all our low altitude fighters get eaten alive and are therefore more or less useless and the Lightnings would have to achieve one loop after another to make up for the Japanese production of aircraft and pilots... with the conservative way of fighting of the Allied so far we´re still ahead by 300+ aircraft in aircraft killed though...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat May 22, 2010 9:11 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 30, 42
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
E Hato
E Kasasagi
E Kamo
E Kiji

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring launches 6 torpedoes at E Hato
Herring diving deep ....
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds...

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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60

Japanese Ships
xAK Kurohime Maru
xAK Kosin Maru
xAK Misaki Maru
xAK Sinkyo Maru
xAK Ohio Maru
E Tomozuru

Allied Ships
SS Whale

SS Whale is sighted by escort
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

Captain of SS Albacore elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Shortlands at 110,132

Japanese Ships
PB Kanko Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-35

SS S-35 launches 4 torpedoes
PB Kanko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kanko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kanko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kanko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kanko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Aogashima at 114,66

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryuho, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
SS Pogy, hits 1

SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at CVL Ryuho
Pogy diving deep ....
DD Sazanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sazanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sazanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sazanami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Sazanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Pogy is on transit to her patrol area and meets a brand new Japanese carrier South of Tokyo... the sub attacks and scores an exploding hit and a dud... now that was nice, while not a war winner with the carrier not in danger of sinking that close of a major repair shipyard... nevertheless a nice little morale boost... [:D]

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Sub attack near Sangi at 77,96

Japanese Ships
E Hachijo, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
E Ishigaki

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 1

SS Guardfish launches 6 torpedoes at E Hachijo
Guardfish diving deep ....
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this didn´t make me sad either...[;)]

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ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
PB Seikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes at PB Seikai Maru
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on I US Amphib Corps, at 99,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4F-4 Wildcat (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/8th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
49th FG/9th FS with P-40K Warhawk (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead
35th FG/39th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
8th FG/80th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

lol, I´m reall stupid... 300 fighters at Port Moresby and Terapo have been set on LRCAP the potential targets for the Zeroes to pick off leaking Cap... why I still try the myth of "layered Cap" is beyond me anyway but hey ho... the Zeroes are outnumbered 3:1 but come in higher than all my US fighters, only the newly arrived Aussie Spitfire unit can go higher than the historically well know high altitude fighter called Zero Sen... the result is the usual dive fire from behind insanity, resulting in no less than 9 of our fighters downed for 1 Zero shot down A2A and another one probably lost to ops from being damaged... the numerical superiority didn´t help us at all, the dive for the Zeroes never stopped until the Spitfires got their dive and downed a single Zero but at that stage there were nearly no Zeroes left due to them having used up all their ammo and fuel... nice little engagement... change the ceiling of the involved fighters with the editor and I bet that if the Allied fighters would be able to go higher than the Zero the kill rate would be 100% reverted... if that doesn´t clearly show the flaw of this design then I don´t know what... it was a pity that altitude wasn´t a factor at all in WITP but funnily enough, not having an altitude factor is better than having a ridicoulos one... the airwar in the Pacific wasn´t fought at the fighters´ ceilings and if so, then the Japanese would by far have done differently with their paper fighters early on...

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Morning Air attack on 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 83,126 (Wessel Islands)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet *
14 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet *

failed escort attempt as usual... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on 2nd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 83,126 (Wessel Islands)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on I US Amphib Corps, at 99,128

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
49th FG/8th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/9th FS with P-40K Warhawk (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Raid is overhead
35th FG/39th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
8th FG/80th FS with P-40K Warhawk (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

the first Zero sweep of course wasn´t it, a fragment shows up a bit later... results were the same of course, being higher up, the two Zeroes shot down two of our fighters while being outnumbered 20:1 ... would you post that on the main forum, the first answer you would get would be that the two fighters shot down were surprised by the enemy being up high and then the two Zeroes would have used their speed advantage from the dive to flee... no problem with that, happened often enough in real life probably... but yeah and that´s happening all the time here... lol... let alone that all Allied fighters here would be faster and aren´t really flying that low either... speed? forget about it (just look at the Oscar)... firepower? nice to carry a lot guns but that won´t help you if you don´t get a shot at your enemy... armor and durability? nice too, you only lose halve of your aircraft from being constantly shot at... ability to imitate a Satelite? that´s what you want to have, the higher you can go, the better... maneuverability? added in with the dive that you automatically get in 95% of the cases when you fly higher then the enemy this will give you more shots from behind than low man rating fighters get because the game seem to assume that in a dive á la zoom and boom you´re curving around like an autoscooter...[>:] when I look at Allied fighters with a usual high alt man rating than Japanese fighters then the Allied fighters get around halve the shots from behind when diving on the enemy than vice versa. I can only explain this with the man rating as the speed can´t be the factor with the Allied fighters being far faster compared to Oscar and Zero... pilot quality being equal of course... it can of course (and that´s the probable reason) be seen the other way around, that the more maneuverable aircraft would be able to turn away from a diving enemy... still, if one fighter is more maneuverable and can go higher than the other then this is a more or less unbeatable combo as long as you actually order your fighters to go higher than the enemy...

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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 59
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 29
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 10 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 14 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 16 damaged

Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (4 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...

and as long as you stay above 40mm Bofors range you don´t have to fear a dozen Allied AA units... while the damaged numbers look horrible first, the losses aren´t at all... two bombers lost, one to flak, one to ops... and probably 75% being repaired in one turn with their service rating...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 30
B-24D Liberator x 3

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

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 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

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24

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

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

thoguh I can´t complain about not ready bombers either... normally using all my 4Es every second day, I´ve got them in a 90% ready state...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 34

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

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 30

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

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Yubari Maru
xAKL Fukuyama Maru
xAKL Kokuei Maru
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Aiyo Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Shark

SS Shark is sighted by escort
Shark diving deep ....
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Naval bombardment of Pegu at 55,53

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
CL Tama
CL Kinu
CL Natori
DD Satsuki
DD Shikinami
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
DD Shinonome
DD Ikazuchi

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

CL Kiso firing at 26th Indian Division
CL Tama firing at 70th British Division
CL Kinu firing at 23rd Indian Division
CL Natori firing at 20th Indian Division
DD Satsuki firing at 23rd Indian Division
DD Shikinami firing at 39th Indian Division
DD Murakumo firing at 20th Indian Division
DD Isonami firing at 70th British Division
DD Shinonome firing at 70th British Division
DD Ikazuchi firing at 20th Indian Division

no idea if such a bombardment is worth it, I guess not... on the other hand, there´s no real threat to the Japanese ships anyway... a 6inch CD unit would have been great against the light cruisers and destroyers... [;)]

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Ground combat at Wessel Islands (83,126)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 508 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Defending force 455 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Japanese adjusted assault: 7

Allied adjusted defense: 3 [:(]

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wessel Islands !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)

Allied ground losses:
926 casualties reported
Squads: 54 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF

Defending units:
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion

we lose an intact USMC para btn... thanks to the partially (for no reason) non working fast transport mission that has not just cost me five APDs, I´ve also lost the para btn now...

terje439 · Post by **terje439** » Sat May 22, 2010 10:41 am

ORIGINAL: castor troy

no idea if such a bombardment is worth it, I guess not... on the other hand, there´s no real threat to the Japanese ships anyway... a 6inch CD unit would have been great against the light cruisers and destroyers... [;)]

I would say that this is actually in your favour. Sure, his risk of losses is minimal, but it is there, and the casualties he inflicts is hardly worth the valuable fuel he spends on doing so imo.
Have you considered moving in one or two amc's and lay some mines as a present for him?

Terje

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat May 22, 2010 11:14 am

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: castor troy

no idea if such a bombardment is worth it, I guess not... on the other hand, there´s no real threat to the Japanese ships anyway... a 6inch CD unit would have been great against the light cruisers and destroyers... [;)]

I would say that this is actually in your favour. Sure, his risk of losses is minimal, but it is there, and the casualties he inflicts is hardly worth the valuable fuel he spends on doing so imo.
Have you considered moving in one or two amc's and lay some mines as a present for him?

Terje

got no mine layers in the area and moving them to a hex just two hexes off a major Japanese airbase that I can´t touch at all (Moulmein) is probably more risk for me than for the enemy [:D]

Moulmein got something like 100-125 fighters and a big number of bombers. And so far our shipping around Diamond Harbour has often been spotted by Nells so moving any ship to the Rangoon area is a nogo at the moment. And I don´t need to, supply is flowing from Akyab into Burma just "perfectly". It shouldn´t though...

terje439 · Post by **terje439** » Sat May 22, 2010 11:32 am

Ah, but there is an easy fix to place mines in areas close to the enemy. They are called subs [;)]

Terje

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sun May 23, 2010 12:25 pm

ORIGINAL: terje439

Ah, but there is an easy fix to place mines in areas close to the enemy. They are called subs [;)]

Terje

yeah, when you´ve got mines for the subs... I haven´t...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue May 25, 2010 12:37 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 01, 42
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ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
SC CHa-41
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring is located by DD Okikaze
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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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
xAK Hikosan Maru
PB Senyu Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Greenling

SS Greenling launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Hikosan Maru
Greenling 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

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Submarine attack near Rekata Bay at 114,133

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ujigawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-31

xAKL Ujigawa Maru is sighted by SS S-31
SS S-31 launches 4 torpedoes

mostly single going PBs or AKLs around in the Solomons... should be enough to keep the garrissons supplied though, Munda, Lunga and Shortlands all have reported 20-25000 troops... haven´t spotted any other bases there being built up...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 89,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-21
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-29

Allied Ships
SS Growler

SS Growler is sighted by escort
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Koggala at 32,53

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
DD Thanet
DD Tenedos

SS I-30 is sighted by escort
DD Thanet attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-30 eludes DD Thanet by diving deep
DD Tenedos fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Thanet fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Thanet fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Thanet fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Thanet fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Koggala at 32,53

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
DD Preston
DD Thanet
DD Tenedos

SS I-30 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Preston
I-30 diving deep ....
DD Thanet fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-30 eludes ASW attack from DD Tenedos
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tenedos fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the enemy sub then dared to attack on of the DDs but missed...

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Naval bombardment of Munda at 111,134

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 16 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 10 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria
CA New Orleans
CA Salt Lake City
CA Pensacola
CA Chicago
CL Nashville
CL Phoenix
CL St. Louis

Japanese ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 64 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Airbase hits 78[8|]
Airbase supply hits 27 [8|]
Runway hits 641 [8|]

CA Minneapolis firing at Munda
CA Astoria firing at Munda
CA New Orleans firing at Munda
CA Salt Lake City firing at Munda
CA Pensacola firing at Munda
CA Chicago firing at Munda
CL Nashville firing at Munda
CL Phoenix firing at Munda
CL St. Louis firing at Munda

like I´m always saying, all those "issues" usually work for both sides, no matter if it´s the supply routine, the air routine, the artillery routine and of course also the "if you get a 9/10 detection level you nuke the base bombardment routine"... at the moment I only get 16 B-24 a month and therefore I could not afford to attack Munda with my heavies only as I spotted just too many fighters there. In the past there were also a good number of Tojos which obviously aren´t there anymore... we destroy a lot of Zeroes and Betties though, considering the Zeroes not being really bomber killers a coordinated B-24 would probably have done the job too but that way it is definetely less costly and way more effective... I was more or less sure that one cruiser TF would be easily enough to 100% knock out the base but...

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... I´ve sent two, together with my carriers to cover them...

Naval bombardment of Munda at 111,134

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed on ground
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Canberra
CA Australia
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco
CL Honolulu
CL Boise
CL Mauritius
CL Perth

Japanese ground losses:
467 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 29
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 594
Port hits 2

CA Canberra firing at Munda
CA Australia firing at Munda
CA Vincennes firing at Munda
CA Quincy firing at Munda
CA San Francisco firing at Munda
CL Honolulu firing at Munda
CL Boise firing at Munda
CL Mauritius firing at Munda
CL Perth firing at 43rd JNAF AF Unit

more than 1200 hits on the runway, over 100 hits on the base with more than 40% supply destroyed... the ground losses were toned down for sure but everything else? I don´t know...

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Morning Air attack on IV Indian Corps, at 56,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 15 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

what can I say? The usual stupidity... the P-40 were set to LRCAP the hex nearby but nearly the whole unit flew into the other hex to be butchered by the Tojos that fly 1000 ft higher and get the never ending bounce... kill rate is the usual loop with 12 Warhawks lost for not even a single Tojo... the Warhawks did not even get a single shot at the enemy, let alone thinking about taking one down... skill 70 pilots as usual (got another 1200 in reserve)... if that airroutine isn´t off then I don´t know what... but hey, like mentioned above, the "fly higher than the enemy to get a loop" works for both sides just everything else that is out of whack... the Japanese get their high altitude dogfighters for the first 20 months and the Allied for the rest of the war...

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Morning Air attack on IV Indian Corps, at 56,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

nothing left, all 15 Warhawks were either shot down or damaged by the 22 Tojos... while things like this were the exception in real life, they happen just daily in AE if you are foolish enough to actually put up your aircraft... AE tonwed down things? Yeah, the Allied replacement rates were toned down (admit that they were adjusted to more historical accurate numbers) so of course in the end there will be less losses... but when looking at one engagement after another, the results are just far more off than those from WITP when you at least did get somewhat reasonable results if you could field equally skilled pilots... not so in AE, all that counts is the at least 10ft height advantage which is enough to get you the never ending dive phase if the numbers for both sides are ok...

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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 46 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 6
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 5

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
347th FG/67th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32100
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
70th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...

but that´s not it yet, after the Tojo sweep the bombers are coming in and my stupid squadrons of LRCAP the hex next to this one "leak" of course again and that results in more losses to our fighters of course... due to us being higher than the enemy fighters though we got the bounce and it looked promising first, the downside was that after two or three passes, the dive was over and switched to the all beating Tojos again, taking down another four or five of our fighters for one Tojo A2A... if the Corsair will be just halve as good as the Tojo then I will be glad and due to the fact that the Corsair can go slightly higher than the Tojo I expect it to kill the Tojo en masse (just like the Lightning) as long as we can take on "small" numbers of enemy aircraft with our single fighter squadron sweeps, best would be around a dozen enemies in the air as this gives you the never ending dive for sure when you come in higher and outnumber the enemy 2:1...

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Morning Air attack on 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 20

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

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

CAP engaged:
347th FG/67th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32100
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
70th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead

not much left of our Cap that obviously doesn´t care about the ordered target hex...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 27

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 39

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

Manus was (besides Rabaul which I can´t touch) the staging base for the ongoing Zero sweeps against our 1-3 leaking Cap from PM so I decided that it´s time to close it... means in future the Zeroes will launch from Rabaul and due to the fact that the Zero can go higher than all my USAAF fighters (except the Lightning) we will keep losing fighters without doing any damage... 12/42 is no different than 12/41 and the fact that my pilots are all skill 70 doesn´t help you at all when the enemy can fly higher than you can...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 30
B-24D Liberator x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 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

level 2 airfield should be seriously damaged now and hopefully won´t have a lot of engineers there to repair it... with Munda being knocked out, Shortlands and Lunga being suppressed by 4Es there is only Rabaul left that could launch substantial Japanese air strikes (level 6 airfield) in this area... mostly fighters there, some 60 bombers reported, probably a Helen sentai and a Betty daitai... this should give us more or less operational freedom if we can keep the bases in the Solomons suppressed, the bases on New Guinea that are "nearby" have been suppressed for months already and that won´t change I guess...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

lots of piece meal strikes today, not even one good sized strike... that could be deadly against fighter opposition... hits are racking up...

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Morning Air attack on Manus , at 101,119

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

and that´s it for the day...

the nuke naval bombardment was a "success", otherwise we were on the receiving end as usual due to the fact that ordering a target for LRCAP doesn´t mean anything in AE and your fighters just leak whereever they want to and the fact that the enemy fighters are just flying higher than ours... resulted in a pretty depressing A2A result again... knocking out Munda was an important result though...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Tue May 25, 2010 1:31 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 02, 42
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
SC CHa-41
PB Muroran Maru

Allied Ships
SS Herring

SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub and abandons 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...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Moppo at 100,52

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiran Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Peto

SS Peto launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nitiran Maru
Peto bottoming out ....
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

Peto sinks a fat freighter...

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ASW attack near Lihir at 111,118

Japanese Ships
PB Kanko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish

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

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

sweep on Rangoon, none of my aircraft here or set to LRCAP... thank god...

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

same as everything else, the non coordination feature also works for both sides... Rainer forgets to kill a chicken as often as I do...

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Morning Air attack on 23rd Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 29
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 17 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 14 damaged

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 6th Medium Regiment ...

first time our flak shows some teeth... considering that most of India´s heavy flak was moved into this hex all I can say about Allied land based flak is that it´s totally pathetic... and as long as the enemy stays above 9000ft, he will only be shot at by heavy calibres... flak is a non issue for the Japanese when attacking a base, 10000 or 11000ft works just as fine as 6000ft but you´re pretty save... even worse for the Japanese, they don´t have anything that I would call land based flak so far...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged

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

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 48

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E 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

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 7 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes

now that would be a perfectly coordinated strike then... 45 out of 45 ready bombers launched and arrived together over the target... first time in this campaign probably... note that we torched a Tony on the ground, seems like Rainer isn´t only focussing on the Tojo, wonder if that´s going to be a fault or not... nice hit rate but a too big airfield to be knocked out and there are also some 35.000 reported troops at Bangkok...

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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 27
B-24D Liberator x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 3 damaged
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 86

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

CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

after knocking out Munda yesterday we visit Shortlands today and knock it out too... couple of enemy fighters destroyed by our most potent fighter killers -> the heavy bomber...

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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
15 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 15000
Raid is overhead

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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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 15000
Raid is overhead

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ASW attack near Aogashima at 112,66

Japanese Ships
xAK Hakonesan Maru
xAK Koryu Maru
xAK Johore Maru
xAK Zenyo Maru
xAK Asakasan Maru
DD Inazuma

Allied Ships
SS Gato

SS Gato is sighted by escort
Gato diving deep ....
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Inazuma attacking submerged sub ....
DD Inazuma cannot establish contact with SS Gato
SS Gato eludes DD Inazuma by diving deep
DD Inazuma cannot establish contact with SS Gato
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Inazuma fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2521 troops, 191 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 3425

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 56

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
7th Armoured Brigade
23rd Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
255th Armoured Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
2nd British Division
42nd Cavalry Regiment
70th British Division
43rd Cavalry Regiment
39th Indian Division
267th Armoured Brigade
6th Australian Division
150th RAC Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
44th Cavalry Regiment
26th Indian Division
2/11th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
106th RAF Base Force
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Field Regiment
III Indian Corps
IV Indian Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Light AA Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
XV Indian Corps
1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment
RAF 221 Group Base Force
Eastern Army
22nd Light AA Regiment

after all the enemy units moved out we take an empty Pegu... I expect most of the enemy troops holding their position East of Pegu sitting in their jungle hex behind the river... with some 2-3000av it would be quite bloody to cross the river and I don´t know what to really do yet... goal of my offensive was to take all bases down to Rangoon to have supplies flowing to China and that´s what we´ve accomplished already... as a bonus we pretty much shred a couple of enemy divisions at Shwebo at the beginning of the offensive, so I will now regroup and build up some bases to have potential bomber bases for deep strikes... we can´t really use any of our bases in enemy Tojo range though as our fighters would just be killed at a ridicoulos rate I guess... I´m tempted to try out my Hurricanes once, perhaps Rainer comes in at the lately 30.000 ft standard attack height and my Hurricanes could dive on the enemy then if set to their ceiling... I guess it would go the other way though, the Tojos coming in at their ceiling, diving on the Hurricanes and slaughtering them... there´s no no need to defend our bases anyway so really taking on the enemy fighters is senseless... there´s no competetive British fighter until late 43, early 44... until then we will have to fight with obsolete Hurricane IIa, IIb and mostly IIc... none of those can nearly compete with the Tojo if employed rightly...

crsutton · Post by **crsutton** » Tue May 25, 2010 5:04 pm

Well, I feel your pain. The uber tojo and high altitude sweep has completly altered my perception of the air war and the tactics I use. For now, it is massed heavy bombers go in first. I never use mediums anywhere where I suspect tojos are in number and my opponent has about a million of them and I just don't even try to fight tojos with P40s. I suppose a good house rule helps but my opponent does not feel it is necessary. Once I get the P47, he is going to see nothing by max altitude sweeps for the rest of the war.
 
It is 11/42 in my game and I don't think I have seen "one" coordinated air attack. No matter how I try it. I really like uncoordinated attacks and think that is should be a regular feature in the game-especially in poor weather conditions. But not all the time. Not in clear weather with short ranged, well led attacks. Even a blind squirrel should find a nut  now and then.....
 
What really amazes me is that so many players just accept the problems or sluff it off as no big deal.
 
In the end, most Allied players will win so who cares, right? Well, I care because it just don't feel right....

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed May 26, 2010 4:24 am

ORIGINAL: crsutton

Well, I feel your pain. The uber tojo and high altitude sweep has completly altered my perception of the air war and the tactics I use. For now, it is massed heavy bombers go in first. I never use mediums anywhere where I suspect tojos are in number and my opponent has about a million of them and I just don't even try to fight tojos with P40s. I suppose a good house rule helps but my opponent does not feel it is necessary. Once I get the P47, he is going to see nothing by max altitude sweeps for the rest of the war.

It is 11/42 in my game and I don't think I have seen "one" coordinated air attack. No matter how I try it. I really like uncoordinated attacks and think that is should be a regular feature in the game-especially in poor weather conditions. But not all the time. Not in clear weather with short ranged, well led attacks. Even a blind squirrel should find a nut now and then.....

What really amazes me is that so many players just accept the problems or sluff it off as no big deal.

In the end, most Allied players will win so who cares, right? Well, I care because it just don't feel right....

I totally agree but have given up to really bitch about the air routine on the main forum because the devs weren´t paid so it has to be a good routine (this seems to have been the standard argument), even though every sane man here that has read the standard books knows that how the airwar turns out in in AE is so off that it is a step back from WITP compared to real life. Or how do you explain the ongoing fights at the fighters ceiling with the one usually winning that can go 10 ft higher than the other? Like the one beta tester told me, the longer you will play, the more chrome will fall off the air routines and the more you will find out that this is the part of the game that needs the most tweaking.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu May 27, 2010 12:59 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 03, 42
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ASW attack near Pescadores at 86,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-27
SC CHa-21
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-29

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

SS Sawfish is located by SC CHa-27
Sawfish bottoming out ....
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Truk at 108,111

Japanese Ships
DD Kagero
DD Natsushio
DD Tachekaze
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
SS Barb, hits 1

SS Barb launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kagero
DD Tachekaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kasumi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

the usual fast transport going to or coming from Truk... as we´ve seen these fast transport missions daily this is pretty much the prove of ships being repaired far too fast IMO... just like my subs, those destroyers can do those runs for an endless period and the couple of points damage are repaired in a day or two if kept in a bigger port... Truk should be easily big enough for that matter...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Halibut

SS Halibut launches 6 torpedoes at E Otori
Halibut diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on I US Amphib Corps, at 98,127 (Salamaua)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed [8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4F-4 Wildcat (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 10000
Raid is overhead

as usual...

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Morning Air attack on 45th Indian Brigade, at 55,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed[8|]

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 26000 feet

CAP engaged:
343rd FG/11th 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 29000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

as usual...

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Sub attack near Truk at 111,110

Japanese Ships
PB Kanko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Barb

SS Barb launches 4 torpedoes
Sub escapes detection

only this ship capable of ASW in this TF it seems... sunk of course...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu May 27, 2010 1:15 pm

lost the 4th Dec but nothing spectacular happened anyway...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 42
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Sub attack near Toyohara at 124,48

Japanese Ships
PB Santo Maru
DD Sanae
PB Zuikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19

SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at PB Santo Maru
O19 diving deep ....
DD Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

the Dutch stick to their poor hit rates...

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ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
SC Ch 15

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

SS Sawfish is located by SC Ch 3
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...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
PB Choko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore launches 4 torpedoes at PB Choko Maru #5
Albacore diving deep ....
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not so the USN fleet subs, but they suffer from their know problem...

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ASW attack near Namatanai at 108,125

Japanese Ships
PC Take
PC Nire
xAK Sinno Maru
xAK Naples Maru
xAK Tatumiya Maru
DD Numakaze
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-33

SS S-33 is sighted by escort
S-33 diving deep ....
DD Numakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Shiokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shiokaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

must be some important TF here...

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ASW attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133

Japanese Ships
PB Koei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

SS Grayling is sighted by escort
Grayling diving deep ....
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133

Japanese Ships
PB Koei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

SS Grayling launches 4 torpedoes
Grayling diving deep ....
PB Koei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Koei Maru loses contact with SS Grayling
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Truk at 108,108

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
CLAA Tenryu
DD Akizuki
DD Tanikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack

SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack diving deep ....
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

KB obviously returning to Truk... our sub didn´t get a shot... would be cool if my destroyers could guard my capitol ships as good as the Japanese... guess it´s only a matter of die rolls but when I think about having some 50 destroyers in the same hex as my 5 carriers and still getting hit twice when having such a configuration then I´m not that amused... [;)]

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 34

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 24 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

looks like the Tony really comes into play now... guess Rainer is going to use that fighter type for "rear" area anti bomber duty but I´m not sure how the higher service rating really turns out... I wasn´t amused to see such a number of enemy fighters in the air against a long range strike... but this being the fifth or sixth attack on Bangkok I just asked for something like this... daily recon only showed a dozen fighters at the airfield so I´m not sure if recon was wrong or if this is leaking or LRACP... I would have bet not to see Tonies in the game and so far I was convinced (not due to experience but due to the statements on the forum and from looking at the aircraft stats) that I wouldn´t see Tonies but Tojos exclusively... Rainer seems to have a different oppinion though and it also makes the game more interesting IMO... his main IJAAF fighter stays the Tojo though when looking at the enemy factories followed by the Oscar and the Tony... guess further change or increase in numbers will mainly depend on the Tonies performance... as it stands now, I´m sure the Tojo is absolutely convincing when looking at it´s performance...

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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 16

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E 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

CAP engaged:
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

it was a bloody affair today... we lose 9 B-17 which is a very serious loss... still hoping to get into 2/43 soon to get decent bomber replacements...

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 121,48

Japanese Ships
DD Sanae
DMS Teiko
PB Zuikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19

SS O19 is located by DD Sanae
DD Sanae fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zuikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Ground combat at Salamaua (98,127)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10587 troops, 211 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 738

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 238

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 238 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Salamaua !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: op mode(-)

Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
I US Amphib Corps

our PM and Buna liberators reached Salamaua which was already abandoned by the Japanese... I guess the remainders of 4th division were picked up by fast transport...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu May 27, 2010 2:03 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 06, 42
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Sub attack near Sale at 86,174

Japanese Ships
SS I-3, hits 1

Allied Ships
TK Sunchaser, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Frazier
DD McCalla
AO Kurumba
AO Neches
TK Eidsvold
TK Halo
TK Mindanao
TK Sunadmiral
DD Dewey
DD Farragut
DD Walke

SS I-3 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Sunchaser
I-3 diving deep ....
DD Dewey fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Farragut attacking submerged sub ....
DD Walke fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Farragut fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Farragut fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Farragut fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Farragut fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Farragut attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-3 eludes DD Farragut by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub

not good, losing a precious tanker... that was totally avoidable as I could just have moved this TF off the usual shipping lane near Sydney... but having a big DD escort made me think I would be "safe"... stupid me once again, I should know better...

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Sub attack near Sale at 86,174

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
TK Sunchaser, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dewey

SS I-3 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Sunchaser
DD Dewey fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

while the tanker probably had a chance to survive the first attack, another three torpedos of course doom the ship... the single DD was as useless as the 7 other DDs of the main tanker convoy...

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ASW attack near Hirosaki/Aomori at 117,53

Japanese Ships
PB Choko Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Shad

SS Shad is sighted by escort
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Perth at 40,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-155, hits 3

Allied Ships
AM Cairns
AM Bunbury
AM Ungava
AM Outarde

SS I-155 is located by AM Cairns
AM Ungava attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-155 eludes ASW attack from AM Ungava
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Ungava fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde attacking submerged sub ....
AM Outarde cannot reach attack position over SS I-155
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

still one or two subs off Perth... other than minesweepers they won´t find anything...

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Morning Air attack on Feni Islands , at 108,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

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

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 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 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes

debut of the new Lightning model... I wondered all the time why my Lightnings have such a short range until I figured out I had to use the new feature of AE of using drop tanks... voilá, range increased from 6 to 16... [:D] this of course now enables me to attack targets around Rabaul when the Lightnings are based at Port Moresby... this was the first try against a dot base two hexes off Rabaul and we take on three leaking Tojos... one is shot down while the other two are damaged... we were diving on the enemy and none of the Tojos got a shot at the Lightnings... succesful debut...

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

we also flew Lightning sweeps in Burma but this with devastating effects for us and not for the enemy... tried to attack a small portion of leaking Cap but there were a hell a lot of fighters leaking out of Moulmein... the result wasn´t what I hoped for, due to the high numbers of enemies, the dive for the Lightnings had an end and then the enemy was diving on our fighters... due the 98% true uncoordination for every sweep ordered in this game (a feature after all) we did not get the numbers over the target as would have been reasonable (why would 36 fighters from one airfield to one target reasonable? the air team wasn´t paid afterall)... we took out halve a dozen enemies but lose no less than 9 of the P-38F...

sweep one... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed

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

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

and here comes the rest of the squadrons, just as usual... I wonder when I will start not being pissed off on and on and on but I fear I will just never accept and swallow this BS... yeah, one and a halve fighter squadrons were not able to fly together... for sure... we come in higher as the enemy fighters and dive on them but due to the still higher number of defenders than attackers, the enemy fighters started to dive on the Lightnings on some point... we´re victorious in this engagement but lose two of the P-38E of which we don´t get any replacements anymore and also don´t have any ac left in the pool... I "love" the stupid non coordination feature for fighters... wile you can perhaps argue about it when it comes down to the more or less "working" bomber strikes, when it goes for fighter sweeps then it´s just total BS... 2 squadrons, at least two sweeps... 5 squadrons, at least five sweeps... 20 squadrons, at least 20 sweeps... stupid...

sweep two... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 11000 feet

Milne Bay has got no fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
7 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)

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 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)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

three of the Nicks aren´t a threat... airbase suppressing duty...

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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 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 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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 15000
Raid is overhead

still enemy bombers and some Zeroes being left back damaged at the base...

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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Aitape at 95,118

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 1 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Higari Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

single xAKL going to Aitape, the bombers from Terapo finish the ship off... noticed it earlier during the attacks against single xAKLs at Merauke already, one reason for the high hit rates is the ships being unloading...

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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 56,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

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

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2
P-38F Lightning x 3

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
1 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
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, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 26000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

as if the game was specifically designed to piss off paying customers, the rest of the sweeping squadrons has the 99% habit of going in "coordinated" then... yeah, in WWII, there were always bits and pieces of squadrons that got lost but those flew with different squadrons then who they met somewhere in the air on the way to the target... this worked, but having two experienced fighter squadrons in late 42 fly together to a target one or two hexes away was an impossible task... dream on...

sweep three... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Milne Bay , at 101,133

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied Ships
SS Grayling, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage [>:]
AGP Aldebaran, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS Stingray, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage [:(]

Port hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

it was a good turn in regards of being pissed off... someone made up a thread of ships (especially subs) disbanding themselve into port due to "damage"... but the damage was always only one or two points of sys or eng and Don Bowen said, IIRC, the cumulated damage has to be 10 or so that the sub disbands automatically when going back to it´s homeport to replenish... and when reading this I thought to myselve, heck, perhaps that´s how it "should" work but that´s definetely not how it works in the game... I didn´t chime in in that thread as the original thread starter was shouted down anyway and I thought I had enough problems with my pet peeve air combat anyway... well, today I not only get pissed off by the usual, stupid fighter uncoordination but also due to this non working feature of which the forum members (paying customers) were told that it would work just perfectly... it doesn´t... those two subs disbanded themsele into Milne Bay (their homeport for replenishment close to the front) due to having minimal damage, just like it has happened in this campaign dozens of times already... not every time but for sure every second or third time a sub retires with minimal damage the patrol is terminated and the sub auto disbands... this happens only with subs in my PBEM but it is completely annoying and just shouldn´t happen or only if you allow auto disband... so in this case I´ve got two subs disbanded into the port and today some Helens show up to bomb them by accident... one is in sinking condition, the other may make it... it´s not may fault, it´s yet again a non working feature and that´s what is making me far more angry than my faults or nice moves of my enemy... [:@]

either the feature isn´t like Don said, or it´s broken and a so called BUG... as it happens really often, I doubt that I am one of the few who experiences this...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Aitape at 95,118

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 5
SC Ch 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

also a couple of subchasers at Aitape but only halve a dozen Mitchells flew in the afternoon... a total of some 60 bombers set to low nav attack here...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri May 28, 2010 8:44 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 42
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Sub attack near Laoag at 80,72

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-23
SC CHa-20

Allied Ships
SS Grouper

SS Grouper launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-23
Grouper diving deep ....
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

the hit rate of the Mk-14 torps stays insane, it´s far over 90% no matter what we target... if there won´t be some serious change as soon as the torps start to work then the enemy will run out of escorts in no time I gues... numbers of subs in enemy waters is about 50% of our total strenght but this could be easily changed into 70-80%...

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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitian Maru
SC CHa-40
SC CHa-31
xAK Joyo Maru
xAK Ehime Maru
xAK Hitati Maru
PB Takashima Maru

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

SS Wahoo launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nitian Maru
Wahoo diving deep ....
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Takashima Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Iriomote at 88,68

Japanese Ships
PB Eifuku Maru
PB Choko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Haddock, hits 1

SS Haddock launches 6 torpedoes at PB Eifuku Maru
Haddock diving deep ....
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

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ASW attack near Cairns at 93,140

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66

Allied Ships
AM Junee, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Katoomba
AM Kapunda
xAKL Meroendoeng
xAKL Kohala
xAKL Nevadan
xAKL Iowan
AM Mildura
AM Lithgow
AM Launceton

SS RO-66 launches 4 torpedoes at AM Junee
AM Mildura fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Lithgow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Launceton fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Mildura fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Lithgow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Lithgow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Lithgow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Lithgow fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

mine sweeper sunk... one of the supply convoys with lots of small freighters that is shuffling between Australia and the seized bases on New Guinea...

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ASW attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

SS Tunny is sighted by escort
Tunny diving deep ....
E Kari fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Hiyodori
E Otori
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Tunny, hits 2

SS Tunny launches 6 torpedoes at E Hiyodori
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Goodenough Island , at 101,131

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (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 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes

note that we had a Spitfire on leaking Cap here... I´ve brought in two squadrons of Australian Spitfires because they can fly by far higher than the US fighters, no matter if P-40 or F4F-4 for example... while we can´t keep the Spits from leaking either, the fact that they can go higher than the Zeroes resulted in the dive for the single Spit instead of the Zeroes and two Zeroes were shot down before they caught the Spitfire... the pilot survived btw... looks like the 18 SpitfireV per month will be the best weapon against Zero sweeps... of course, the Oscar and the Tojo could both go higher than the Spit but at least the Tojo doesn´t have the range to reach out far enough from Rabaul and we do our best to keep all other airfields in the area suppressed...

sweep one... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Great Sitkin Island , at 163,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.118 Sqn RCAF with Kittyhawk III (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
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

Zero sweep against leaking Cap near Adak, same story as always... one fighter, dive, kill...

sweep one... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Goodenough Island , at 101,131

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.77 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.76 Sqn RAAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Raid is overhead

I really find it funny that the air routine always works exactly the same... let the fact aside that leaking Cap shouldn´t be there anyway the way it is modelled IMO, the first strike encounters some enemy figthers, the next strike finds more of them then... and it´s always like this... predictable...

in this case, the 8 Spitfires at 37.000ft (max alt) were very bad news for the Zeroes at 32.000ft (max alt)... the usual story, dive and four Zeroes are shot down for no loss on the Spits... a couple of those encounters should end those Zero sweeps as long as we´ve got fighters that can fly higher...

sweep two... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Great Sitkin Island , at 163,52

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
18th FG/6th FS with P-400 Airacobra (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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
343rd FG/18th 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 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

been lucky here, while the Zeroes were diving on our fighters, they could only achieve some damaging hits while at the end of the engagement a P-40 got a lucky shot at one of the Zeroes and downs it... all four of our fighters were damaged though and three were lost (1 shot down, 2 written off)...

the side that has fighters that can fly higher than the enemy will put an end to such sweeps pretty fast...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Fri May 28, 2010 9:07 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 42
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Sub attack near Ishigaki at 89,68

Japanese Ships
AO Notoro, Torpedo hits 1
SC Ch 17
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at AO Notoro
Sturgeon diving deep ....
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a precious AO is hit but the ship seems to be empty and only one torp hit probably won´t be enough to sink it...

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ASW attack near Cairns at 93,140

Japanese Ships
SS RO-66, hits 11, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Morris
DD Nepal
DD Fortune

SS RO-66 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Morris
DD Nepal fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fortune attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nepal attacking submerged sub ....
DD Fortune fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nepal fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Fortune fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fortune fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fortune fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Fortune fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

RO-66 sunk a minesweeper yesterday and we´ve sent out our ASW TF immedietely... we didn´t locate the sub but the sub dared to attack Morris... two torps missed the agile destroyer and both DD Fortune and Nepal scored hits and lots of near misses... no confirmed sinking but the sub should be in trouble for sure...

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Sub attack near Moppo at 100,52

Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiryu Maru
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Syunsei Maru
xAK Havre Maru
xAK Akagisan Maru
PB Ryusei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Peto, hits 1

SS Peto launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nitiryu Maru
Peto bottoming out ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Iriomote at 88,68

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

SS Tunny launches 6 torpedoes
Tunny diving deep ....
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Morning Air attack on Atka Island , at 164,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 2

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
18th FG/6th FS with P-400 Airacobra (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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

our game is just like Groundhog day... [:D]

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed [X(]

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (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 12000
Raid is overhead

we send in the bombers to do a milk run on Lae and the bombers got escorted which in that case was a bad idea... the Rufes took out two of the P-40K for no loss... sometime I wonder if it´s worth it spending hours and hours on my pilot training programme to have a thousand 70 skilled fighter pilots in the pool when they don´t seem to be any better than the 45 skilled pilots I had at 12/7/41...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24

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

after the Rufes succesfully attacked our escorts, the bombers took care of them and damaged all three... none left on Cap, don´t know where they are coming from anyway...

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

first wave of bombers of a Lunga strike...

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Morning Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 54

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 109

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I won´t let Lunga, Munda or Shortlands become operational again...

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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 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 9

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 22

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

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Morning Air attack on Atka Island , at 164,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 32000 feet

CAP engaged:
343rd FG/18th 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 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
18th FG/19th 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 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes

more of the same... as usual, we lack the ability to fly higher than the Zeroes...

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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(15 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000
Raid is overhead
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

we have the ability to fly higher than all Japanese fighters if we send out our Lightnings... after the succesful first sweep out of Port Moresby with drop tanks we today targetted the base just one hex East of Rabaul in the hopes to meet some leaking Cap... "some" wasn´t true here, more fighters than I wanted to see to be honest but we had the dive of course... many of the Tojos turned back due to low morale which indicates once more that the features and problems of this game usually hit both sides... the Tojos more or less never saw combat but have a low morale from flying Cap over Rabaul... amazingly enough, the one Lightning lost over the target was shot down by one of the Nicks but in the end we take out 11 enemies for 2 Lightnings lost (including one pilot)... that´s the way to go for both sides, use your fighters on sweeps to engage leaking Cap and hope to be able to fly higher than the enemy...

EUBanana · Post by **EUBanana** » Fri May 28, 2010 9:13 am

They really need to fix the altitude thing... Simply toning that down would revolutionise how air combat works. Surely that's only a minor tweak?

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Sat May 29, 2010 4:58 am

ORIGINAL: EUBanana

They really need to fix the altitude thing... Simply toning that down would revolutionise how air combat works. Surely that's only a minor tweak?

yeah, putting the altitude bands into the game was a nice step forward but that doesn´t help you at all if it turns out in the game as it does now, with the dive being so powerful that everyone tries to get higher than the enemy. While diving on the enemy in real life surely was something you wanted to achieve, I seriously doubt that this lead to fighters flying at their ceiling all the time and as we all know, the airwar in the Pacific was usually fought at low - medium altitudes and not at altitudes like over Germany. It´s the total opposite in AE though, the altitudes we fight leaves the war over Germany looking like a low altitude fight.

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