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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,46
Japanese Ships
xAK Akasisan Maru
PB Sonobe Maru
Allied Ships
SS Haddo, hits 1
SS Haddo launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Akasisan Maru
PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonobe Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonobe Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,63
Japanese Ships
TK Kurume Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Hokuyo Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
Allied Ships
SS Pogy
SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at TK Kurume Maru
Pogy diving deep ....
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Mikitade Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
wow, must be tanker killing time again... third in two days... [:)] the number of freighters being attacked has gone down dramatically though, either my subs fail to engage them or the enemy is now taking routes I´m not aware of which would be more than surprising because most of my subs are stationed very close around Japan and there´s just no way to avoid them when going to the major ports big enough to unload all the needed capacity...
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61
Japanese Ships
DD Okikaze
E Hato
E Kamo
Allied Ships
SS Lapon
SS Lapon launches 4 torpedoes at DD Okikaze
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub and abandons 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 fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Okikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 4
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
sent the Lightnings to deal with some Jacks, the new "advise" on the forum to go "lower" to negate the Sputnik sweeps obvioulsy is a very "good" advise... good only for me as the sweeper though, the Jacks were shot to pieces by the diving P-38... the only advise I can give is NUMBERS, if you have enough fighters in the air, the usually lower number of sweeping fighters at some point runs out of the dive, but that usually is at a stage most of your squadrons were shredded already...
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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 21
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *
CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (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 32810
Raid is overhead
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (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 32810
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
the Zeroes at their ceiling did no better of course... amazing to still see A6M2 at this date, probably using up stocks...
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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750
Raid is overhead
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (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 37730
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 66,60
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 27
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 11000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 20
B-26 Marauder x 17
B-26B Marauder x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 52
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
a precious Marauder is lost, will go to 15000ft to minimize losses of our valuable NON attack bomber mediums...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA Division, at 57,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 8
Hurricane IIb Trop x 24
Hurricane IIc Trop x 24
Liberator II x 16
Wellington Ic x 12
Wellington GR.VIII x 15
Hurricane XIIb x 6
B-17E Fortress x 35
B-25C Mitchell x 57
P-40K Warhawk x 48
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 9
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 57,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 16
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-25C Mitchell x 15
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
B-26B Marauder x 11
PV-1 Ventura x 3
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 8
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6[8|]
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
the two main parts of our single squadron sweeps didn´t face as many enemies as the two combined fragments that go in following the main strikes (as usual? [8|])... can´t say our six Lightnings did bad but ran out of the dive pretty fast, ending in a fierce fight with most of our Lightnings damaged... result were two of them lost to damage on their way home... the total result of today´s engagements were excellent again though...
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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6[8|]
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 36740
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740
Raid is overhead
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (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 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37730
Raid is overhead
same as above, the funny "coordination" feature thinks that also out of Burma, each of the two squadrons should "lose" three of their fighters which then join to go in as a six ac strike pack... one of them was shot down over the target, dive lasted only for seconds...
I can only repeat myselve while saying that it is totally ridicoulos that squadrons always seem to lose 2 or 3 fighters on their way to target that then join to fly together... this is consistent... consistently stupid...
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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 3 [8|]
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 39740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb 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 36750
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 41740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
we then go on with three fighters of the third squadron that was set to sweep Ayuthia... cosistently stupid... didn´t really harm us here as the P-38 ran out of fuel/ammo or had breakdowns after taking out the Zero...
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Morning Air attack on Ayuthia , at 56,61
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 4
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 18[8|]
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ia Tony (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37730 , scrambling fighters to 39000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
that´s the main part of this squadron... it´s just plain stupid that fighter squadrons on sweeps seem to lose 10% of their fighters on the way to target in 98% of the time...
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Afternoon Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 32
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 25000 feet
16 x Beaufighter Ic sweeping at 25000 feet
the usual unsuccessful try of our Beaufighters to escort some bombers... yeah, have tried the same alt often enough... with the same results...
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Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 26
No Allied losses
Port hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 34
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 14
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Port hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 32
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000' *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61
Japanese Ships
E Hato
DD Okikaze
E Kamo
Allied Ships
SS Lapon
SS Lapon is sighted by escort
Lapon diving deep ....
DD Okikaze 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
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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 50318 troops, 853 guns, 1456 vehicles, Assault Value = 2373
Defending force 40692 troops, 328 guns, 624 vehicles, Assault Value = 1386
Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (6 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Assaulting units:
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
4th Armoured Brigade
193rd Tank Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
2/11th Armoured Car Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/8th Armoured Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
3rd Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
5th Australian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
1st Australian Division
763rd Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
762nd Tank Battalion
1st Motor Brigade
154th FA Bn
503rd Coast AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAAF M/W Sqn
1st RAN Base Force
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Australian Army
94th Coast AA Regiment
168th Field Artillery Regiment
III Australian Corps
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
II Australian Corps
16th RAAF Base Force
96th Coast AA Regiment
216th Coast AA Regiment
4th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Coast AA Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
197th Coast AA Regiment
10th RAAF Base Force
1st Australian Army
205th Field Artillery Battalion
188th Field Artillery Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force
70th Coast AA Regiment
30th Field Artillery Regiment
I Australian Corps
181st Field Artillery Regiment
183rd Field Artillery Regiment
209th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
40th Field Artillery Regiment
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment
Defending units:
16th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
21st Division
14th Tank Regiment
54th Division
18th Div /1
5th Div /1
40th JNAF AF Unit /1
16th AA Regiment
16th Army
11th JAAF Base Force
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /3
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 32064 troops, 615 guns, 778 vehicles, Assault Value = 1192
Defending force 34191 troops, 344 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 935
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
109th USN Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force
Defending units:
82nd Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
144th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 5th SNLF
83rd Naval Guard Unit
84th Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 1st SNLF
87th Naval Guard Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
12th Naval Construction Battalion
5th Naval Construction Battalion
14th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Field AA Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Provisional Base Force
9th RF Gun Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
49th Field AA Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
5th Air Div /1
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Ground combat at 56,54
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3579 troops, 270 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 2562
Defending force 93236 troops, 1031 guns, 1105 vehicles, Assault Value = 3324
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
111th Chindit Brigade
7th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
6th Australian Division
19th Indian Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
7th Australian Division
77th Chindit Brigade
14th Army
6th Medium Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
8th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XV Indian Corps
106th RAF Base Force
AHQ Bengal
RAF 221 Group Base Force
2/13th Field Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
2/9th Field Regiment
III Indian Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
4th NW Frontier Base Force
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
53rd Division
38th Division
2nd Guards Division
2nd Tank Division
9th
48th Division
5th Guards Division
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
15th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
31st Field AA Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
the only good thing is that my troops are sitting in jungle hexes, they would get trashed in clear hexes with a hardcoded IJAAF clear sky attack every day...
