ORIGINAL: crsutton]I just wish my Allied ship based flak worked. Almost a waste of time upgrading ships.
Yeah. It is weird though, IIRC flak in WITP was pretty good.
AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Yeah. It is weird though, IIRC flak in WITP was pretty good.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: crsutton
I concur. The bettys and nells just don't seem to be the killers that they were in WITP. This is the way it should be. I just wish my Allied ship based flak worked. Almost a waste of time upgrading ships.
The game is a month ahead of the AAR and we had the next carrier engagement, don´t gonna tell the outcome nor any other details at the moment except the fact that I had a couple of TFs, all underwent all upgrades, we had some 65-70,000 AA value (no joke) but our flak was more than pathetic. Don´t know when VT fuses are available but if they don´t make flak at least three times deadlier then it doesn´t matter if your ships field two 1.1 inch or five dozen 40mm Bofors.
Betties, Nells, Kates and Jills are as deadly as in WITP when they actually attack your ships IMO, but if they´re land based, they usually end up in rather dispersed strikes and that´s what makes them "easy prey". You don´t want to see a hundred of them getting through your Cap as this is then exactly what has happened in our carrier engagement when the Kates killed my fleet.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
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ORIGINAL: crsutton]I just wish my Allied ship based flak worked. Almost a waste of time upgrading ships.
Yeah. It is weird though, IIRC flak in WITP was pretty good.
really? While having probably played 90% of my WITP PBEM as Japanese I can´t really remember flak being that much of a threat, or the uber Cap was just covering my fear of flak. At least stock flak is nothing I can really remember, Nikmod flak is another thing.
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Well, its better than it was in AE I recall. A lot of damaging hits at least which would throw off accuracy.
I remember a Brit CVTF fighting mini KB and the Brits with a really high flak rating (from 3 or 4 CVs in one TF, and Brit CVs pack a lot of guns), the flak saved their bacon.
I remember a Brit CVTF fighting mini KB and the Brits with a really high flak rating (from 3 or 4 CVs in one TF, and Brit CVs pack a lot of guns), the flak saved their bacon.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
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Well, its better than it was in AE I recall. A lot of damaging hits at least which would throw off accuracy.
I remember a Brit CVTF fighting mini KB and the Brits with a really high flak rating (from 3 or 4 CVs in one TF, and Brit CVs pack a lot of guns), the flak saved their bacon.
yeah, having flak effect the accuracy of bombers in AE is one of the nice steps forward compared to WITP. If it works. [;)]
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
In WITP flak from all guns on a ship would fire at oncoming bombers.
In AE it's been changed so only guns facing the side which the bomber is attacking from fire.
So the number of guns actually firing in AE has been more than halved I imagine.
As I doubt the AA gun effect has been razzed up at all to compensate, that is probably why AA fire seems quite gutless. I think even in WITP it was probably too ineffective, so now it's half of that. [;)]
In AE it's been changed so only guns facing the side which the bomber is attacking from fire.
So the number of guns actually firing in AE has been more than halved I imagine.
As I doubt the AA gun effect has been razzed up at all to compensate, that is probably why AA fire seems quite gutless. I think even in WITP it was probably too ineffective, so now it's half of that. [;)]
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
any clue when exactly the VT fuses are available in game? Guess this is the time when flak will become more dangerous, or dangerous at all.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 21, 43
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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63
Japanese Ships
AO Tsurumi
AO Notoro
TK San Luis Maru
DD Hatakaze
Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 3
SS Runner is sighted by escort
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub ....
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
Runner tried to attack a high value target but is hit and retires with 31 sys / 24 flt...
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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
Japanese Ships
E Hashidate
E Susuki
E Natsushima
E Uji
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
SS Halibut is located by E Hashidate
E Natsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Brunei at 66,85
Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling is located by DD Shinonome
Grayling diving deep ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Obi at 76,106
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Sinno Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (11 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
an amazingly large strike attacks a TF of around 20 ships going towards Ambon... troop convoy, would be great to actually attack it with all we´ve got...
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 58
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Div /1 ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking Darwin ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking Darwin ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 201st JAAF AF Bn , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 72
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
training
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Morning Air attack on 44th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 1
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 39th Field AA Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 19
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 39th Field AA Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 42,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 19
P-40K Warhawk x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
moved a "cap trap" to Vinh to catch som enemy bombers but first the Tojos show up and bounce us... outnumbering them 4+:1 we were finally able to overwhelm them, resulting in a 1:1 losses... wonder if I should rate that as a success considering the numbers involved...
of course we weren´t lucky to also see some bombers showing up today... mmm...
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Afternoon Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Obi at 76,106
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 1 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ganges Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Nagato Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAKL Kitahuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
while there were only 4 out of 48 bombers attacking in the morning phase, in the afternoon we launch a mega strike to attack this troop convoy without any air cover... 10 USN long range bombers show up hitting the helpless freighters hard, but 80% of the convoy is untouched even though all conditions would just be fine... no wonder our bomber crews got 99 morale as they just never attack... can´t find any more agressive leaders for them...
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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56
Japanese Ships
xAKL Bunzan Maru
SC CHa-44
Allied Ships
SS Tullibee
Captain of SS Tullibee elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Tullibee diving deep ....
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Submarine attack near Obi at 76,106
Japanese Ships
xAK Nagato Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-42
xAK Nagato Maru is sighted by SS S-42
SS S-42 launches 4 torpedoes
then one of our subs sinks a freighter that was hit by bombs earlier... means most of the troops and supplies will reach Ambon... we had intel of at least three AA units being moved to Ambon and I bet this is exactly the convoy that is bringing in this troops... we could have easily obliberated it if our bombers would launch...
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36607 troops, 666 guns, 861 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682
Defending force 17049 troops, 168 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 339
Allied adjusted assault: 454
Japanese adjusted defense: 37
Allied assault odds: 12 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1131 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 105 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
276 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
18th British Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
32nd Aviation Base Force
109th USN Base Force
I US Corps
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
147th USA Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
Sasebo 5th SNLF
4th Division
87th Naval Guard Unit
82nd Nav Gd /1
144th Infantry Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
50th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
5th Air Div /1
39th Fld AA Bn /1
43rd JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Fld AA Bn /1
we´re going to kill off most of the remaining troops but will try not to destroy all of them to have some training targets for our attack bombers... other than for training we can´t use our attack bombers anyway until the patch is out and I wonder how they work then...
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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63
Japanese Ships
AO Tsurumi
AO Notoro
TK San Luis Maru
DD Hatakaze
Allied Ships
SS Runner, hits 3
SS Runner is sighted by escort
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze attacking submerged sub ....
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
Runner tried to attack a high value target but is hit and retires with 31 sys / 24 flt...
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ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60
Japanese Ships
E Hashidate
E Susuki
E Natsushima
E Uji
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
SS Halibut is located by E Hashidate
E Natsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Brunei at 66,85
Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling is located by DD Shinonome
Grayling diving deep ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Obi at 76,106
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Sinno Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (11 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
an amazingly large strike attacks a TF of around 20 ships going towards Ambon... troop convoy, would be great to actually attack it with all we´ve got...
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 58
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking 5th Div /1 ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking Darwin ...
Also attacking 54th Division ...
Also attacking Darwin ...
Also attacking 16th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 201st JAAF AF Bn , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 72
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 44th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
training
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Morning Air attack on 44th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 1
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 39th Field AA Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 19
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 39th Field AA Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 42,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 19
P-40K Warhawk x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
moved a "cap trap" to Vinh to catch som enemy bombers but first the Tojos show up and bounce us... outnumbering them 4+:1 we were finally able to overwhelm them, resulting in a 1:1 losses... wonder if I should rate that as a success considering the numbers involved...
of course we weren´t lucky to also see some bombers showing up today... mmm...
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Afternoon Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Obi at 76,106
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 1 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ganges Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Nagato Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAKL Kitahuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
while there were only 4 out of 48 bombers attacking in the morning phase, in the afternoon we launch a mega strike to attack this troop convoy without any air cover... 10 USN long range bombers show up hitting the helpless freighters hard, but 80% of the convoy is untouched even though all conditions would just be fine... no wonder our bomber crews got 99 morale as they just never attack... can´t find any more agressive leaders for them...
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Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56
Japanese Ships
xAKL Bunzan Maru
SC CHa-44
Allied Ships
SS Tullibee
Captain of SS Tullibee elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Tullibee diving deep ....
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-44 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Submarine attack near Obi at 76,106
Japanese Ships
xAK Nagato Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-42
xAK Nagato Maru is sighted by SS S-42
SS S-42 launches 4 torpedoes
then one of our subs sinks a freighter that was hit by bombs earlier... means most of the troops and supplies will reach Ambon... we had intel of at least three AA units being moved to Ambon and I bet this is exactly the convoy that is bringing in this troops... we could have easily obliberated it if our bombers would launch...
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36607 troops, 666 guns, 861 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682
Defending force 17049 troops, 168 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 339
Allied adjusted assault: 454
Japanese adjusted defense: 37
Allied assault odds: 12 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1131 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 105 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
276 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
18th British Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
32nd Aviation Base Force
109th USN Base Force
I US Corps
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
147th USA Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
Sasebo 5th SNLF
4th Division
87th Naval Guard Unit
82nd Nav Gd /1
144th Infantry Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
50th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
5th Air Div /1
39th Fld AA Bn /1
43rd JNAF AF Unit
55th JNAF AF Unit
6th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Fld AA Bn /1
we´re going to kill off most of the remaining troops but will try not to destroy all of them to have some training targets for our attack bombers... other than for training we can´t use our attack bombers anyway until the patch is out and I wonder how they work then...
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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123
Japanese Ships
SS RO-100
Allied Ships
LCT-322
LCT-322 is sighted by SS RO-100
SS RO-100 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT
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Sub attack near Culion at 75,80
Japanese Ships
E Asagao
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Albacore
SS Albacore launches 6 torpedoes at E Asagao
Albacore diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123
Japanese Ships
SS RO-100
Allied Ships
LCT-159
LCT-159 is sighted by SS RO-100
SS RO-100 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
not surprising, after having Cap here yesterday with limited success, the enemy of course sent more sweeps today... we moved the fighters out immediately again...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 33
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 78,118
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-140, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LCT-139, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
Zeroes work just fine in these attacks... two LCT attacked, both sunk... now I still wonder which skill is needed to score bomb hits during strafing attacks... to me it seems you need strafe skill, not lownav so you wouldn´t be able to train attack bomber crews at all in their BOMBERS as they can´t be trained on strafe in a bomber...
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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 5
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 54
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 37,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
the routine for these lost fragments of sweeps is also true for the Japanese... looks exactly the same for both sides...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 24
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 55
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 7th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 44th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
P-40K Warhawk x 1
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 62,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ryuun Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Malacca Maru
xAK Ada Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (9 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
now that the enemy TF reached Ambon and is under enemy fighter cover, our bombers start to attack... good idea indeed... the bombers are saved by the fact that land based radar isn´t working at all and with only 6 min pre warning most of our bombers got through... in total our bombers were hit really hard today, losing nearly halve a dozen highly skilled crews... not good, especially when you had the chance to obliberate the convoy BEFORE it reaches the base with fighter cover...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 16
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Florida Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Miyati Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 119 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 150 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
now that 40% of our bombers attack in the morning, it would have been great to see one full effort attack going in as one as this would have also resulted in a far better result I guess... at least we would have had more punch against the enemy fighters...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Tamaki Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
one of the reasons the Allied heavy bombers seem undefeatable IMO is the fact that many (if not most) fighters often don´t engage at all due to no prewarning time and being out of position... I guess this will also change with the next patch that should fix radar...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 70,110
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
PB Daibu Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36404 troops, 666 guns, 861 vehicles, Assault Value = 1674
Defending force 16037 troops, 165 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 298
Allied adjusted assault: 333
Japanese adjusted defense: 17
Allied assault odds: 19 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1042 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 64 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Assaulting units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
18th British Division
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
32nd Aviation Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
109th USN Base Force
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
87th Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
Sasebo 5th SNLF
82nd Nav Gd /1
144th Infantry Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
50th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
6th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
39th Fld AA Bn /1
49th Field AA Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Div /1
43rd JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Fld AA Bn /1
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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123
Japanese Ships
SS RO-100
Allied Ships
LCT-322
LCT-322 is sighted by SS RO-100
SS RO-100 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT
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Sub attack near Culion at 75,80
Japanese Ships
E Asagao
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Albacore
SS Albacore launches 6 torpedoes at E Asagao
Albacore diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Submarine attack near Bathurst Island at 77,123
Japanese Ships
SS RO-100
Allied Ships
LCT-159
LCT-159 is sighted by SS RO-100
SS RO-100 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
not surprising, after having Cap here yesterday with limited success, the enemy of course sent more sweeps today... we moved the fighters out immediately again...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 33
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 78,118
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-140, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
LCT-139, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
Zeroes work just fine in these attacks... two LCT attacked, both sunk... now I still wonder which skill is needed to score bomb hits during strafing attacks... to me it seems you need strafe skill, not lownav so you wouldn´t be able to train attack bomber crews at all in their BOMBERS as they can´t be trained on strafe in a bomber...
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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 5
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 54
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
348 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
32 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 80th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 16th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 37,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
the routine for these lost fragments of sweeps is also true for the Japanese... looks exactly the same for both sides...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 24
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 55
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 31
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 7th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 7th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det A with A6M5 Zero (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 44th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
P-40K Warhawk x 1
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 62,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ryuun Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Malacca Maru
xAK Ada Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (9 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (8 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
now that the enemy TF reached Ambon and is under enemy fighter cover, our bombers start to attack... good idea indeed... the bombers are saved by the fact that land based radar isn´t working at all and with only 6 min pre warning most of our bombers got through... in total our bombers were hit really hard today, losing nearly halve a dozen highly skilled crews... not good, especially when you had the chance to obliberate the convoy BEFORE it reaches the base with fighter cover...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 16
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Florida Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAKL Miyati Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 119 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (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 6000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 150 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
now that 40% of our bombers attack in the morning, it would have been great to see one full effort attack going in as one as this would have also resulted in a far better result I guess... at least we would have had more punch against the enemy fighters...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Tamaki Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
one of the reasons the Allied heavy bombers seem undefeatable IMO is the fact that many (if not most) fighters often don´t engage at all due to no prewarning time and being out of position... I guess this will also change with the next patch that should fix radar...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 70,110
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
PB Daibu Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36404 troops, 666 guns, 861 vehicles, Assault Value = 1674
Defending force 16037 troops, 165 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 298
Allied adjusted assault: 333
Japanese adjusted defense: 17
Allied assault odds: 19 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1042 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 64 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Assaulting units:
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
18th British Division
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
7th Infantry Division
258th USAAF Base Force
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
32nd Aviation Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
109th USN Base Force
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
87th Naval Guard Unit
4th Division
Sasebo 5th SNLF
82nd Nav Gd /1
144th Infantry Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
50th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
7th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
6th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
39th Fld AA Bn /1
49th Field AA Battalion
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Div /1
43rd JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
56th Fld AA Bn /1
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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,84
Japanese Ships
AO Toei Maru
AO Shinkoku Maru
AO Kyokuto Maru
AO Kokuyo Maru
DD Yuzuki
Allied Ships
SS Paddle, hits 1
SS Paddle is sighted by escort
Paddle diving deep ....
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 104,68
Japanese Ships
TK Tatekawa Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
Allied Ships
SS Harder
SS Harder launches 6 torpedoes at TK Tatekawa Maru
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...
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
two chances, both times unsuccesful...
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
Japanese Ships
E Uji
E Susuki
E Natsushima
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
SS Halibut launches 4 torpedoes at E Uji
E Natsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji 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
E Hato
DD Okikaze
E Kamo
Allied Ships
SS Tullibee, hits 1
SS Tullibee is located by E Hato
Tullibee 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 attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
not that a good day for my subs, this one is knocked out, retiring with 16/35/13...
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Sub attack near Bathurst Island at 77,121
Japanese Ships
SS RO-100
Allied Ships
LCT-173, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
LCT-173 is sighted by SS RO-100
SS RO-100 attacking LCT-173 on the surface
Dohihara, O. decides to submerge SS RO-100 due to damage
and we are losing more LCTs at the moment than we can replace...
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
Japanese Ships
TK Kinshu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Daibu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 1
SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kinshu Maru
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
but we finally hit another tanker...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 77,119
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-166
LCT-167, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
hmm... have to think about countermeasures...
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Morning Air attack on 55th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44
P-40K Warhawk x 20
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 54
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
now this attack was worth it...
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 42
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (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 12000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 201st JAAF AF Bn , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
lots of aircraft in the air again, the Corsairs failed to escort some bombers... gonna reset their range to 0, they were coming from Bathurst...
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 30
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking Darwin ...
Also attacking 5th Div /1 ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
these USN medium bombers really have a hard time hitting anything...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ina Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAKL Yamatsuru Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kayo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Belgium Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAKL Penang Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
I hoped to see the enemy convoy leaving Ambon again today and deliberately kept my USN bombers on attack... the convoy didn´t leave but we launched 50% of our bombers in one attack and the numbers were big enough to deal with the enemy fighters while also scoring some more hits on the enemy freighters... nevertheless I expect most of the troops/supply reached Ambon... we pay with another two heavy bombers which is more than ok in terms of losses for us...
note that four Nells were shot down, these were on nav search and we usually take down something like up to halve a dozen each weak over our bases around Darwin that got Cap...
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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,107
Japanese Ships
PB Daibu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at PB Daibu Maru
KXVII diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection
and a single escort is sunk...
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36207 troops, 666 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 1661
Defending force 14810 troops, 156 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 259
Allied adjusted assault: 264
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 37 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1805 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 11 (9 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3
Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Assaulting units:
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
37th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
7th Infantry Division
I US Corps
32nd Aviation Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
82nd Nav Gd /1
4th Division
87th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
5th Air Div /1
14th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Fld AA Bn /1
50th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
44th JNAF AF Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
56th Fld AA Bn /1
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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,84
Japanese Ships
AO Toei Maru
AO Shinkoku Maru
AO Kyokuto Maru
AO Kokuyo Maru
DD Yuzuki
Allied Ships
SS Paddle, hits 1
SS Paddle is sighted by escort
Paddle diving deep ....
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 104,68
Japanese Ships
TK Tatekawa Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
Allied Ships
SS Harder
SS Harder launches 6 torpedoes at TK Tatekawa Maru
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...
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
two chances, both times unsuccesful...
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
Japanese Ships
E Uji
E Susuki
E Natsushima
Allied Ships
SS Halibut
SS Halibut launches 4 torpedoes at E Uji
E Natsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uji 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
E Hato
DD Okikaze
E Kamo
Allied Ships
SS Tullibee, hits 1
SS Tullibee is located by E Hato
Tullibee 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 attacking submerged sub ....
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kamo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
not that a good day for my subs, this one is knocked out, retiring with 16/35/13...
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Sub attack near Bathurst Island at 77,121
Japanese Ships
SS RO-100
Allied Ships
LCT-173, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
LCT-173 is sighted by SS RO-100
SS RO-100 attacking LCT-173 on the surface
Dohihara, O. decides to submerge SS RO-100 due to damage
and we are losing more LCTs at the moment than we can replace...
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Sub attack near Salajar at 66,107
Japanese Ships
TK Kinshu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Daibu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 1
SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kinshu Maru
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
but we finally hit another tanker...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 77,119
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-166
LCT-167, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
hmm... have to think about countermeasures...
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Morning Air attack on 55th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44
P-40K Warhawk x 20
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 54
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
now this attack was worth it...
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 201st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 42
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (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 12000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 201st JAAF AF Bn , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 4
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
lots of aircraft in the air again, the Corsairs failed to escort some bombers... gonna reset their range to 0, they were coming from Bathurst...
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Afternoon Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 30
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking Darwin ...
Also attacking 5th Div /1 ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
these USN medium bombers really have a hard time hitting anything...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ambon at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ina Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAKL Yamatsuru Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kayo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Belgium Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAKL Penang Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
I hoped to see the enemy convoy leaving Ambon again today and deliberately kept my USN bombers on attack... the convoy didn´t leave but we launched 50% of our bombers in one attack and the numbers were big enough to deal with the enemy fighters while also scoring some more hits on the enemy freighters... nevertheless I expect most of the troops/supply reached Ambon... we pay with another two heavy bombers which is more than ok in terms of losses for us...
note that four Nells were shot down, these were on nav search and we usually take down something like up to halve a dozen each weak over our bases around Darwin that got Cap...
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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,107
Japanese Ships
PB Daibu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at PB Daibu Maru
KXVII diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection
and a single escort is sunk...
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36207 troops, 666 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 1661
Defending force 14810 troops, 156 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 259
Allied adjusted assault: 264
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 37 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1805 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 184 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 11 (9 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 3
Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Assaulting units:
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
37th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
7th Infantry Division
I US Corps
32nd Aviation Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
109th USN Base Force
147th USA Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
82nd Nav Gd /1
4th Division
87th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
5th Air Div /1
14th Naval Construction Battalion
49th Fld AA Bn /1
50th Fld AA Bn /1
5th Naval Construction Battalion
6th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
7th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
44th JNAF AF Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
56th Fld AA Bn /1
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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83
Japanese Ships
TK San Pedro Maru
DD Tawakaze
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling is sighted by escort
Grayling diving deep ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
what is amazing to me is the fact how many tanker convoys there are... even if we don´t get a shot, we usually find one most of the time...
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 38
SC Ch 24
TK Ceram Maru
DD Tatsukaze
PB Hitora Maru
Allied Ships
SS Gato
SS Gato launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 38
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
second tanker convoy today...
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ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61
Japanese Ships
TK Tatekawa Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
Allied Ships
SS Lapon
SS Lapon is sighted by escort
Lapon 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...
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
and even a third one... if we would have succesfully attacked perhaps one that would have been great...
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Sub attack near Astoria at 210,56
Japanese Ships
SS I-9, hits 2
Allied Ships
DD Halford
SS I-9 launches 6 torpedoes
I-9 diving deep ....
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Halford fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-9 eludes DD Halford by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub
a single DD was sent to San Francisco and is attacked by one of the IJN subs patrolling the West Coast... torps missed, the destroyer scored two near misses...
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61
Japanese Ships
PB Mikitade Maru
TK Tatekawa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Lapon
SS Lapon launches 6 torpedoes at PB Mikitade Maru
Lapon 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...
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
fourth time a sub meeting a tanker convoy... fourth time no success...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 35
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 77,119
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-141
LCT-152, Shell hits 3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
ok, it´s enough now... either we bomb all the bases in the area 24/7 or we have to put up LRCAP... guess we have to move a light cruiser with some destroyers in to act as bait as we can´t knock out all the bases with the Japanese having so many engineers that repair the damage...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 37
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 3
P-38H Lightning x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.27 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
No.177 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
X Sqn with P-38H Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
200 of our long range fighters have been set to LRCAP 50% today, range 8 hexes... this time the Cap trap worked, the enemy comes in without any escorts and the small number of fighters that actually engaged the enemy scored a nice number of kills... these attacks on my troops start to hurt, thank to the weather bug outside of bases... hopefully this engagement keeps the enemy from flying ground attacks but I guess it will only result in escorts for the bombers...
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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 1
P-38H Lightning x 4
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.177 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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 15 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (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 40000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
X Sqn with P-38H Lightning (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 40000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes
some more medium bombers shot down...
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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 1
P-38H Lightning x 4
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.177 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
X Sqn with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
the Lillies are hit hard too... nice... [:)]
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 14
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
P-40K Warhawk x 25
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 21
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 77
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 20 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 47
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (7 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
what was left of the enemy convoy moved out of Ambon again and so did most of the Japanese fighters... we dared to attack the base directly with heavy bombers today, meeting 20 Jacks, most of them being damaged or driven off... weather saves the Japanese again (forecast was excellent weather once more) but also our bombers suffer quite some losses today... too many to be repeated a couple of times...
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 20
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (14 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 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:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 55th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 16
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 114 minutes
especially these follow on piece meal strikes suffer usually...
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
guess the first big wave only suffered one bomber lost, while the follow on piece meal waves suffered four... having waves going in to attack is fine with me, but shouldn´t these waves be similar in size? Or are we talking about "lost" bombers again? Like the "lost" fighters in sweeps? Were the Allied in real life able to fly in formation?
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 1
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 5
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 damaged
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
or was it normal to see three bombers coming in alone in the end... the way it works is just too random... using waves or the so called "strike packs" is surely ok, but if you look at how these "waves" are made up makes you just wonder all the time... this has nothing to do with "waves" and I seriously doubt that so many bombers got "lost" on the way to a target all the time... strikes not locating a target at all is one thing, but having dozens of bombers/fighters getting lost on the way to target (while of course still locating the target) is just too much...
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Morning Air attack on 201st JAAF AF Bn , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
P-40K Warhawk x 5
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 39
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 19
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36054 troops, 666 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 1656
Defending force 13091 troops, 142 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 225
Allied adjusted assault: 316
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 63 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3522 casualties reported
Squads: 170 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 361 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 43 (42 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 4
Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Assaulting units:
18th British Division
14th NZ Brigade
37th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
32nd Aviation Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
258th USAAF Base Force
109th USN Base Force
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
87th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
4th Division
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Div /1
43rd JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
49th Fld AA Bn /1
7th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Fld AA Bn /1
the enemy is collapsing...
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ASW attack near Balabac at 69,83
Japanese Ships
TK San Pedro Maru
DD Tawakaze
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling is sighted by escort
Grayling diving deep ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
what is amazing to me is the fact how many tanker convoys there are... even if we don´t get a shot, we usually find one most of the time...
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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 38
SC Ch 24
TK Ceram Maru
DD Tatsukaze
PB Hitora Maru
Allied Ships
SS Gato
SS Gato launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 38
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
second tanker convoy today...
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ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61
Japanese Ships
TK Tatekawa Maru
PB Mikitade Maru
Allied Ships
SS Lapon
SS Lapon is sighted by escort
Lapon 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...
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
and even a third one... if we would have succesfully attacked perhaps one that would have been great...
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Sub attack near Astoria at 210,56
Japanese Ships
SS I-9, hits 2
Allied Ships
DD Halford
SS I-9 launches 6 torpedoes
I-9 diving deep ....
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Halford fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
DD Halford attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-9 eludes DD Halford by diving deep
Escort abandons search for sub
a single DD was sent to San Francisco and is attacked by one of the IJN subs patrolling the West Coast... torps missed, the destroyer scored two near misses...
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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61
Japanese Ships
PB Mikitade Maru
TK Tatekawa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Lapon
SS Lapon launches 6 torpedoes at PB Mikitade Maru
Lapon 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...
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
fourth time a sub meeting a tanker convoy... fourth time no success...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 37,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 35
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 77,119
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-141
LCT-152, Shell hits 3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
ok, it´s enough now... either we bomb all the bases in the area 24/7 or we have to put up LRCAP... guess we have to move a light cruiser with some destroyers in to act as bait as we can´t knock out all the bases with the Japanese having so many engineers that repair the damage...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on 7th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 37
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 3
P-38H Lightning x 9
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.27 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
No.177 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
X Sqn with P-38H Lightning (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 57th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 16th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Chinese Corps ...
200 of our long range fighters have been set to LRCAP 50% today, range 8 hexes... this time the Cap trap worked, the enemy comes in without any escorts and the small number of fighters that actually engaged the enemy scored a nice number of kills... these attacks on my troops start to hurt, thank to the weather bug outside of bases... hopefully this engagement keeps the enemy from flying ground attacks but I guess it will only result in escorts for the bombers...
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Morning Air attack on 14th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 1
P-38H Lightning x 4
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.177 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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 15 minutes
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (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 42000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (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 40000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
X Sqn with P-38H Lightning (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 40000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes
some more medium bombers shot down...
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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 58,61 (Nakhon Ratchasima)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 31
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 1
P-38H Lightning x 4
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.177 Sqn RAF with Beaufighter VIc (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
343rd FG/11th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 42000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/74th FS with P-38H Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/76th FS with P-38H Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 40000
Raid is overhead
X Sqn with P-38H Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 40000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
the Lillies are hit hard too... nice... [:)]
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 18
B-25C Mitchell x 14
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
P-40K Warhawk x 25
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 55th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 21
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 77
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 20 damaged
J2M2 Jack: 3 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 47
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (7 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
what was left of the enemy convoy moved out of Ambon again and so did most of the Japanese fighters... we dared to attack the base directly with heavy bombers today, meeting 20 Jacks, most of them being damaged or driven off... weather saves the Japanese again (forecast was excellent weather once more) but also our bombers suffer quite some losses today... too many to be repeated a couple of times...
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 20
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (14 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 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:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 55th JNAF AF Unit , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 16
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 114 minutes
especially these follow on piece meal strikes suffer usually...
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
guess the first big wave only suffered one bomber lost, while the follow on piece meal waves suffered four... having waves going in to attack is fine with me, but shouldn´t these waves be similar in size? Or are we talking about "lost" bombers again? Like the "lost" fighters in sweeps? Were the Allied in real life able to fly in formation?
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 1
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 5
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 damaged
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
or was it normal to see three bombers coming in alone in the end... the way it works is just too random... using waves or the so called "strike packs" is surely ok, but if you look at how these "waves" are made up makes you just wonder all the time... this has nothing to do with "waves" and I seriously doubt that so many bombers got "lost" on the way to a target all the time... strikes not locating a target at all is one thing, but having dozens of bombers/fighters getting lost on the way to target (while of course still locating the target) is just too much...
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Morning Air attack on 201st JAAF AF Bn , at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
P-40K Warhawk x 5
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 39
Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 19
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36054 troops, 666 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 1656
Defending force 13091 troops, 142 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 225
Allied adjusted assault: 316
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 63 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3522 casualties reported
Squads: 170 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 361 destroyed, 63 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 43 (42 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 4
Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Assaulting units:
18th British Division
14th NZ Brigade
37th Infantry Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
27th Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
7th Infantry Division
32nd Aviation Base Force
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
258th USAAF Base Force
109th USN Base Force
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
I US Corps
147th USA Base Force
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
87th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
4th Division
Sasebo 5th SNLF
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Air Div /1
43rd JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
14th Naval Construction Battalion
201st JAAF AF Bn
49th Fld AA Bn /1
7th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Fld AA Bn /1
the enemy is collapsing...
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
It's indeed a surprising tactic by Rainer!
- He's sacrificing large number of troops to delay your capture of Northern Oz and New Britain.
Letting you so close to the Marianas via New Guinea is a big gamble. Guess he is trying to channel your assaults in this direction.
I've never seen so many Jap ships and tankers torpedoed this early in the war before.
Will be interesting to see if I can avoid the same fate in my games [:'(]
- He's sacrificing large number of troops to delay your capture of Northern Oz and New Britain.
Letting you so close to the Marianas via New Guinea is a big gamble. Guess he is trying to channel your assaults in this direction.
I've never seen so many Jap ships and tankers torpedoed this early in the war before.
Will be interesting to see if I can avoid the same fate in my games [:'(]
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
CV New York arrived at Balboa today... renamed those carriers you get as "replacements" of real life losses after US cities... next one is CV Washington in a couple of days... our CV strenght is growing steadily now and if we can keep our CV fleet intact over the next three months then we will have something like 900-1000 carrier based ac at the front... with 500-600 Hellcats due to our CVEs carrying mostly fighters as I´m also using the CVEs that come with the VR squadrons as front line carriers with their bomber squadrons being put ashore, so these CVEs carry 28 Hellcats each... I don´t like it but I just have to use CVE task forces to support my fleet carriers and even then, we don´t have much of a chance against a 500+ aircraft strike which we´ve seen before... don´t even want to think that KB has grown even bigger since then...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 25, 43
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ASW attack near Balabac at 71,82
Japanese Ships
E Karukaya
E Asagao
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Albacore
SS Albacore is located by E Karukaya
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko attacking submerged sub ....
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,81
Japanese Ships
E Asagao
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Grampus
SS Grampus launches 6 torpedoes at E Asagao
Grampus diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko attacking submerged sub ....
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
E Sokuten
TK Ayayuki Maru
TK Jinei Maru
E Omae
E Naryu
Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 6, heavy damage
SS Pollack is sighted by escort
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Naryu fails to find sub and abandons search
E Omae attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub
senseless to engage these ASW forces... Pollack is sunk... SS Gato was hit by a Lily, suffering 69sys/29flt/10eng...
one sunk, one heavily damaged...
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ASW attack near Taytay at 74,80
Japanese Ships
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Grampus
SS Grampus is located by E Takashima
Grampus diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Torishima at 107,68
Japanese Ships
TK Akatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
SC CHa-15
Allied Ships
SS Trigger
SS Trigger launches 6 torpedoes at TK Akatsuki Maru
Trigger diving deep ....
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
at least we get a hit on a tanker full of fuel... and burning fuel is pretty much a death sentence...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 78,118
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-471, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
ahhh... [:@] doubt that these Zeke pilots got that a high lownav skill, so it´s strafe skill that makes them LCT killers...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 75
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 94
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
the IJAAF outside of my fighter range is getting annoying... this will change as soon as the Chinese will have been able to build up a second airfield in the area... then I´m going to start P-38 and P-47 sweeps out of Vietnam against his bases in and around Saigon, followed by heavy bomber strikes from Pegu...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 60
P-40K Warhawk x 25
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 14th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 14th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 5
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36035 troops, 666 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 1654
Defending force 9649 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 169
Allied adjusted assault: 238
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 47 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1018 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 132 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (15 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
32nd Aviation Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
147th USA Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
14th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
49th Fld AA Bn /1
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Fld AA Bn /1
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 25, 43
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ASW attack near Balabac at 71,82
Japanese Ships
E Karukaya
E Asagao
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Albacore
SS Albacore is located by E Karukaya
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko attacking submerged sub ....
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,81
Japanese Ships
E Asagao
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Grampus
SS Grampus launches 6 torpedoes at E Asagao
Grampus diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko attacking submerged sub ....
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
E Sokuten
TK Ayayuki Maru
TK Jinei Maru
E Omae
E Naryu
Allied Ships
SS Pollack, hits 6, heavy damage
SS Pollack is sighted by escort
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Naryu fails to find sub and abandons search
E Omae attacking submerged sub ....
Debris floats to surface in area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub
senseless to engage these ASW forces... Pollack is sunk... SS Gato was hit by a Lily, suffering 69sys/29flt/10eng...
one sunk, one heavily damaged...
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ASW attack near Taytay at 74,80
Japanese Ships
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Grampus
SS Grampus is located by E Takashima
Grampus diving deep ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Torishima at 107,68
Japanese Ships
TK Akatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
SC CHa-15
Allied Ships
SS Trigger
SS Trigger launches 6 torpedoes at TK Akatsuki Maru
Trigger diving deep ....
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
at least we get a hit on a tanker full of fuel... and burning fuel is pretty much a death sentence...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Selaroe at 78,118
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
LCT-471, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M5 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
ahhh... [:@] doubt that these Zeke pilots got that a high lownav skill, so it´s strafe skill that makes them LCT killers...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 75
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 94
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
the IJAAF outside of my fighter range is getting annoying... this will change as soon as the Chinese will have been able to build up a second airfield in the area... then I´m going to start P-38 and P-47 sweeps out of Vietnam against his bases in and around Saigon, followed by heavy bomber strikes from Pegu...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 60
P-40K Warhawk x 25
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 14th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 5
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 14th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 5
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36035 troops, 666 guns, 860 vehicles, Assault Value = 1654
Defending force 9649 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 169
Allied adjusted assault: 238
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 47 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1018 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 132 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (15 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Allied ground losses:
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
18th British Division
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
37th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
27th USN Naval Construction Battalion
32nd Aviation Base Force
258th USAAF Base Force
147th USA Base Force
I US Corps
109th USN Base Force
24th USN Naval Construction Battalion
36th USN Naval Construction Battalion
35th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Battalion
42nd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
4th Division
Maizuru 1st SNLF /1
14th Naval Construction Battalion
55th JNAF AF Unit
43rd JNAF AF Unit
49th Fld AA Bn /1
44th JNAF AF Unit
5th Naval Construction Battalion
50th Fld AA Bn /1
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: PzB
It's indeed a surprising tactic by Rainer!
- He's sacrificing large number of troops to delay your capture of Northern Oz and New Britain.
Letting you so close to the Marianas via New Guinea is a big gamble. Guess he is trying to channel your assaults in this direction.
I've never seen so many Jap ships and tankers torpedoed this early in the war before.
Will be interesting to see if I can avoid the same fate in my games [:'(]
don´t know if he wants to channel my attack but it turned out to be the logical route at some point. I don´t even think about the Marianas at the moment, like I´ve mentioned earlier, all these "small" Pacific Islands have lost some of the importance they had in real life or even more so in WITP. Why fighting a bloody battle for the Marianas if you can build level 9 airfields in the Philipines? Of course, at some point you just have to take the Pacific bases but you can do that when the enemy has to pull out his troops to defend more important areas. Why defending South of Kwajalein when the enemy is knocking on the door of Borneo? [:D]
Of course my ships have to take a looong route to Australia but this isn´t a problem at all, I´ve got enough ships, even though probably 85% of them are at Sea all the time. Fuel has long been a problem and to some extent still is, I can hardly accumulate more than 150-200,000 at the front (spread out over halve a dozen bases) but this is getting better now too. I have never dropped fuel for Australia´s industry as I couldn´t even feed the USN while the merchant fleet more or less never refuelled in Australia anyway. Would the enemy have sunk two dozen tankers more, my fleet would be sitting dry most of the time. And I have not lost a lot of tankers at all, mostly these that started in the SRA but that is normal I guess. As it stands now, we are clearly aiming on "Northern" New Guinea (with the bases around Ambon), Timor and then further on towards Borneo and the Philipines. So jumping East again into the Pacific isn´t really a need at the moment and as long as we can create a "channel" for our convoys that got bases on New Guinea to the East and Timor to the West, we are also not really prone to attacks on our flanks.
So far we haven´t lost anything I can remember to raids onto my convoys or shipping lanes. Which is quite understandable though when thinking how far off the usual paths my convoys are routed. Having not used search archs for many months, it would be a more than hard task to move carriers through my lines to get into the convoy routes and if so then the carriers got a looong way back and that would be a risky task, not worth the danger IMO. And so far, it seems my opponent is thinking the same.
One of my biggest problems seems to be the fact that my opponent is far too often thinking the same as I do. This isn´t making it easier for me. [:D]
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: castor troy
any clue when exactly the VT fuses are available in game? Guess this is the time when flak will become more dangerous, or dangerous at all.
IIRC that was taken out completely. [;)]
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: EUBanana
ORIGINAL: castor troy
any clue when exactly the VT fuses are available in game? Guess this is the time when flak will become more dangerous, or dangerous at all.
IIRC that was taken out completely. [;)]
I hope the [;)] means you are joking. [X(]
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: castor troy
ORIGINAL: EUBanana
ORIGINAL: castor troy
any clue when exactly the VT fuses are available in game? Guess this is the time when flak will become more dangerous, or dangerous at all.
IIRC that was taken out completely. [;)]
I hope the [;)] means you are joking. [X(]
Coulda swore it got taken out in AE but scouring the forum finds no evidence of such so I might be wrong.
You got VT fuzes in WitP in 10/43.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: EUBanana
ORIGINAL: castor troy
ORIGINAL: EUBanana
IIRC that was taken out completely. [;)]
I hope the [;)] means you are joking. [X(]
Coulda swore it got taken out in AE but scouring the forum finds no evidence of such so I might be wrong.
You got VT fuzes in WitP in 10/43.
can only hope so because in real life flak got a couple of times deadlier with VT fuzes and if this was taken out of the game (for a reason I don´t know and can´t imagine) then I wonder how they want to mirror this. As it is now, flak is at best an annoyance, even if you got a couple of TFs in a hex with far over 50000 AA value alltogether. And I doubt that this will go up much higher, no matter what date in the game. Shows not much effect though.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 26, 43
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ASW attack near Brunei at 64,84
Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Murakumo
Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 6
SS Spearfish is located by DD Isonami
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the only thing that saves our subs from being sunk seems to be the fact that I usually strictly keep them in deep water... this one is the next one being knocked out though, 25/33...
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 81,96
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 27, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Niizaki
SC Ch 36
SC Ch 33
xAK Tsurushima Maru
xAK Asama Maru #2
xAK Yamayuri Maru
xAK Turuga Maru
DD Hatsuyuki
E Hatsutaka
Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 2
SS Tautog launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 27
Tautog diving deep ....
DD Hatsuyuki attacking submerged sub ....
E Hatsutaka fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
heavily escorted convoy, we get a shot at a cheap escort... the subchaser is sunk, the sub takes 18/32 and is retiring...
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Sub attack near Obi at 76,106
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ina Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-42
xAKL Ina Maru is sighted by SS S-42
SS S-42 launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Ina Maru
unescorted small freighter is sunk... this is one of the TFs that is going back and forth to supply the enemy´s frontline bases and these TFs so far have never been attacked by my bombers, no matter that their leaders are the most agressive ones I could find... if you use single ship TFs then they seem to be safe 99% of the time... that way the enemy won´t have much of supply problem I guess... as these single ships are spotted every time I think it would be great if something like 4 or 6 bombers would launch to attack them because I seriously doubt that the Allied (or the Japanese) of real life would just have watched 1000 ton freighters going to frontline bases, being unloaded and steaming away again without attacking them, especially if the enemy never has any fighters in the air... the attack routine seems to be the same as in WITP...
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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47
Japanese Ships
xAK Akasi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-10
Allied Ships
SS Seadragon
SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Akasi Maru
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
another freighter is hit today... two freighters probably sunk and a subchaser sunk for sure for two knocked out subs, I guess I shouldn´t complain as we´ve seen worse results...
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ASW attack near Donggala at 68,97
Japanese Ships
DD Yamanagiri
AO Shiretoko
Allied Ships
SS Bowfin
SS Bowfin launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yamanagiri
Bowfin diving deep ....
DD Yamanagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the usual duds... I´m getting more and more pissed... like I´ve said before, either the message you get isn´t correct when it says "torpedoes fail to detonate" or these are the most strangest die rolls ever as we have seen probably over 90% of the salvoes that actually HIT DD or E being reported as duds... and that sounds strange to me considering a 50% dud rate... grr... something like every third or fourth attack on a DD or E results in a hit, so if you would count them up in this AAR from 1/43 on then you can figure out how many duds we had... and this with a dud rate of 50%...
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 81,96
Japanese Ships
AO Hayamoto
PC Nire
AO Teibo
AO Kyuko
AO Shiriya
AO Sata
AO Ondo
DD Oboro
DD Akatsuki
Allied Ships
SS Permit, hits 2
SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at AO Hayamoto
Permit diving deep ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
more duds, next sub knocked out... 9/24... makes it three subs knocked out for 1 xAKL, 1 probable xAK and 1 SC... every knocked out sub usually is out of the war for 6-8 weeks, considering the long way to and from the front and the usually short repair times... so even if the Japanese don´t sink the subs, it´s well worth to damage them...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 17
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
losing one of my precious medium level bombers... they are as precious as my Beaufort VIII which I only use for naval attacks... got over a hundred trained pilots for them in the pool with more to come and also around a hundred bombers in the pool... the only problem for us, the enemy never moves into range to use them... [:D]
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44
P-40K Warhawk x 21
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 72
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 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
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 79
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
poor result, tried to attack earlier again to catch some more damaged Jacks but something prevented my bombers from taking off...
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 21
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
No Allied losses
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 14th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 1
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 33
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 55
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
these IJAAF medium bombers usually achieve results I can only dream of with my heavy bombers that have flown hundreds of mission while carrying more than twice the payload... the IJAAF must be carrying the same laser guided bombs the Kates/Jills usually use...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 43
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
same here...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
it turns out again that doing transport missions and nav search seems to be far more dangerous than doing long range bomber strikes... but with the experience of this PBEM it´s not surprising me anymore... it makes me wonder, but it doesn´t surprise me...
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Ground combat at Udon Thani (61,59)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11111 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 430
Defending force 10 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 205
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 205 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Udon Thani !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
70th Chinese Corps
Defending units:
2nd Raiding Regiment
after our para unit has been kicked out by the Japanese paras, we have moved a Chinese Corps to secure the base again which wasn´t much of a problem...
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ASW attack near Brunei at 64,84
Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Murakumo
Allied Ships
SS Spearfish, hits 6
SS Spearfish is located by DD Isonami
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the only thing that saves our subs from being sunk seems to be the fact that I usually strictly keep them in deep water... this one is the next one being knocked out though, 25/33...
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 81,96
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 27, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Niizaki
SC Ch 36
SC Ch 33
xAK Tsurushima Maru
xAK Asama Maru #2
xAK Yamayuri Maru
xAK Turuga Maru
DD Hatsuyuki
E Hatsutaka
Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 2
SS Tautog launches 6 torpedoes at SC Ch 27
Tautog diving deep ....
DD Hatsuyuki attacking submerged sub ....
E Hatsutaka fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsuyuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
heavily escorted convoy, we get a shot at a cheap escort... the subchaser is sunk, the sub takes 18/32 and is retiring...
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Sub attack near Obi at 76,106
Japanese Ships
xAKL Ina Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-42
xAKL Ina Maru is sighted by SS S-42
SS S-42 launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Ina Maru
unescorted small freighter is sunk... this is one of the TFs that is going back and forth to supply the enemy´s frontline bases and these TFs so far have never been attacked by my bombers, no matter that their leaders are the most agressive ones I could find... if you use single ship TFs then they seem to be safe 99% of the time... that way the enemy won´t have much of supply problem I guess... as these single ships are spotted every time I think it would be great if something like 4 or 6 bombers would launch to attack them because I seriously doubt that the Allied (or the Japanese) of real life would just have watched 1000 ton freighters going to frontline bases, being unloaded and steaming away again without attacking them, especially if the enemy never has any fighters in the air... the attack routine seems to be the same as in WITP...
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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47
Japanese Ships
xAK Akasi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SC CHa-10
Allied Ships
SS Seadragon
SS Seadragon launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Akasi Maru
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
another freighter is hit today... two freighters probably sunk and a subchaser sunk for sure for two knocked out subs, I guess I shouldn´t complain as we´ve seen worse results...
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ASW attack near Donggala at 68,97
Japanese Ships
DD Yamanagiri
AO Shiretoko
Allied Ships
SS Bowfin
SS Bowfin launches 6 torpedoes at DD Yamanagiri
Bowfin diving deep ....
DD Yamanagiri attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamanagiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the usual duds... I´m getting more and more pissed... like I´ve said before, either the message you get isn´t correct when it says "torpedoes fail to detonate" or these are the most strangest die rolls ever as we have seen probably over 90% of the salvoes that actually HIT DD or E being reported as duds... and that sounds strange to me considering a 50% dud rate... grr... something like every third or fourth attack on a DD or E results in a hit, so if you would count them up in this AAR from 1/43 on then you can figure out how many duds we had... and this with a dud rate of 50%...
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Sub attack near Talaud-eilanden at 81,96
Japanese Ships
AO Hayamoto
PC Nire
AO Teibo
AO Kyuko
AO Shiriya
AO Sata
AO Ondo
DD Oboro
DD Akatsuki
Allied Ships
SS Permit, hits 2
SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at AO Hayamoto
Permit diving deep ....
DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oboro fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
more duds, next sub knocked out... 9/24... makes it three subs knocked out for 1 xAKL, 1 probable xAK and 1 SC... every knocked out sub usually is out of the war for 6-8 weeks, considering the long way to and from the front and the usually short repair times... so even if the Japanese don´t sink the subs, it´s well worth to damage them...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 40,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 44,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 24
B-25C Mitchell x 17
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Mitchell II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Mitchell II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
losing one of my precious medium level bombers... they are as precious as my Beaufort VIII which I only use for naval attacks... got over a hundred trained pilots for them in the pool with more to come and also around a hundred bombers in the pool... the only problem for us, the enemy never moves into range to use them... [:D]
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 44
P-40K Warhawk x 21
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Naval Construction Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 72
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 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
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M5 Zero (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 9000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 79
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
poor result, tried to attack earlier again to catch some more damaged Jacks but something prevented my bombers from taking off...
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Hollandia , at 93,116
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 21
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
No Allied losses
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 14th Naval Construction Battalion, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 1
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 33
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 55
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
these IJAAF medium bombers usually achieve results I can only dream of with my heavy bombers that have flown hundreds of mission while carrying more than twice the payload... the IJAAF must be carrying the same laser guided bombs the Kates/Jills usually use...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 43
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
same here...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 39,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 17
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 36750 feet
it turns out again that doing transport missions and nav search seems to be far more dangerous than doing long range bomber strikes... but with the experience of this PBEM it´s not surprising me anymore... it makes me wonder, but it doesn´t surprise me...
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Ground combat at Udon Thani (61,59)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11111 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 430
Defending force 10 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 205
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 205 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Udon Thani !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
70th Chinese Corps
Defending units:
2nd Raiding Regiment
after our para unit has been kicked out by the Japanese paras, we have moved a Chinese Corps to secure the base again which wasn´t much of a problem...
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Thought the map could be interesting. Not really dramatic changes since the last map, Rabaul was seized and the Solomons were cleared. On New Guinea, the next tronghold on the "North Coast" is Hollandia, some 29000 troops reported, expect to perhaps meet another division but not much more, 500 av max. Darwin still is in Japanese hands but the this should change as soon as the three Marine Divs arrive. The bases West of Darwin are all Japanese but are reported empty, so a couple of para drops should be enough to take them back. The white arrows are the main lines of assault for the next months. This is no real secret, I guess Rainer is aware of this anyway.
Of course there´s also the possibility to seize some bases in the Central Pacific, just to make the enemy a bit nervous and to draw some more troops into the Central Pacific (or keep them there). We just recently had intel about a Guards div being shipped to Guam for example, so Rainer is already in the process of fortifying "back water". The possible assault lines in the Pacific are the ones in yellow.
The main problem I´ve got is the fact that you can´t do an invasion without having your troops prepped to 100% and this takes over three months, so each step forward usually is delayed by the preparation time, otherwise your troops will suffer just too many disablements during the landing, no matter if the enemy is defending the place or not.
Of course there´s also the possibility to seize some bases in the Central Pacific, just to make the enemy a bit nervous and to draw some more troops into the Central Pacific (or keep them there). We just recently had intel about a Guards div being shipped to Guam for example, so Rainer is already in the process of fortifying "back water". The possible assault lines in the Pacific are the ones in yellow.
The main problem I´ve got is the fact that you can´t do an invasion without having your troops prepped to 100% and this takes over three months, so each step forward usually is delayed by the preparation time, otherwise your troops will suffer just too many disablements during the landing, no matter if the enemy is defending the place or not.
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