AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 27, 43
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ASW attack near Iba at 72,74
Japanese Ships
PB Shinko Maru #3
xAK Toei Maru
xAK Surabaya Maru
xAK Nitii Maru
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Nansin Maru
PB Ryusei Maru
Allied Ships
SS Seahorse
SS Seahorse is sighted by escort
Seahorse diving deep ....
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Iba at 72,74
Japanese Ships
xAK Zuisyo Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nitii Maru
xAK Hokuzyu Maru
xAK Nansin Maru
PB Ryusei Maru
Allied Ships
SS Seahorse
SS Seahorse launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Zuisyo Maru
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryusei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
3 out of 4 torps isn´t bad...
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Sub attack near Miri at 63,84
Japanese Ships
DD Uzuki
Allied Ships
SS Saury, hits 2
SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at DD Uzuki
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
god dam...[>:]
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Pre-Invasion action off Babar
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LCT-320
LCT-352
LCT-472
LCT-320 fired at enemy troops
LCT-352 fired at enemy troops
LCT-472 fired at enemy troops
LCT bringing supplies to our paratroopers, that way the C-47 can bring in more troops instead of dropping supplies... Babar is only two hexes from Selaroe, perfect distance for our LCT...
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Amphibious Assault at Babar
TF 33 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117
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Pre-Invasion action off Babar
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LCT-130
LCT-132
LCT-465
LCT-130 fired at enemy troops
LCT-132 fired at enemy troops
LCT-465 fired at enemy troops
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Amphibious Assault at Babar
TF 91 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117
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Pre-Invasion action off Babar
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LCT-370
LCT-376
LCT-460
LCT-370 fired at enemy troops
LCT-376 fired at enemy troops
LCT-460 fired at enemy troops
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Amphibious Assault at Babar
TF 132 troops unloading over beach at Babar, 76,117
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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
expected the enemy to put LRCAP over Babar, unfortunetely he didn´t...
the sweeps just look like as stupid as always...
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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Babar at 76,117
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
LCT-352, Shell hits 3
LCT-320, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A6M3a Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
that´s why there were a couple of A6M3a on Cap over Lautern I guess, the enemy moved in a dozen of them and set most of them to nav attack to take out some LCT... this works better with Zeroes than with Allied attack bombers...
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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 37,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
[&o][&o][&o]
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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 17 [8|]
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14 [8|]
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 14
Liberator GR.III x 12
Wellington Ic x 12
B-17E Fortress x 36
B-24D1 Liberator x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 14 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 67
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 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:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
oh so great... the enemy has kept a couple of fighter units at Bangkok (to my surprise I have to say) and we´ve ordered three P-47 and three P-38 squadrons to sweep the base before the bombers would go in... hurrey, it works so well all the time, at some point you just have to stop wondering how everything works... if it works well, that´s up to everyone himselve to decide... wonder why squadrons had briefings in real life, why not only telling them "you attack x or y tomorrow" and then let the squadrons do whatever and whenever they want... the bombers go in without any of the six fighter squadrons and none of them showed up before... we are twice lucky... first because land based radar isn´t working at all and this won´t change until the next patch, therefor the number of enemy fighters in the air isn´t what it could be and second halve of the fighters are Oscars and these aren´t really suited to fight our bombers...
31 enemy fighters in the air would have been just a perfect target for our 150 P-38/P-47... [8|] it´s nothing but frustrating, AE is a summary of what all can go wrong, it hardly ever comes up with a day when something goes right it seems, going with all the other AARs, it´s not because of the special castor troy edition though... it´s too much, things could and did go wrong in real life but more or less having things go wrong every day is just awful...
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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-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: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 56
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 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
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 Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Allied aircraft
Wellington GR.VIII x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington GR.VIII: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington GR.VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 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 69 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 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 82 minutes
Wellingtons aren´t suited to fight enemy fighters, not even if they are Japanese... with things going wrong all the time due to it being hardcoded and having the oh so famous "strike pack feature" it will get pretty nasty as soon as the patch makes land based radar actually working... this will also make all the testing during alpha and beta a bit problematic because all these "screw up features" obviously have been "tested" with non working land based radar... if land based radar then works and it´s the same as ship based radar (I assume it should) then we´re back at having WITP Cap (when talking about numbers) but are stuck with AE "strike pack screw up features"... it will be great for sure... should I then play on with non working land based radar or will it be great to send your single squadron sweeps (that lose at least 3 fighters every time) against a fully reinforced Cap?
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 7 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
6 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
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
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
7 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: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 Det B with A6M3a 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 4th Division, at 106,125 (Rabaul)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 1 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
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
7 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
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
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 Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington B.X: 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 148 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 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 80 minutes
guess it´s only luck that we don´t lose more bombers today...
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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (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 Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
no fighters in the air left... you also don´t want to run into real fighter opposition with your US medium bombers, heavy bombers can take them on, medium bombers can´t...
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Morning Air attack on Dili , at 71,115
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 19
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
7 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
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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24
Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 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 Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 74 [8|][8|][8|]
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet *
25 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet *
24 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet *
here are the P-47 on their sweep! Late but all three squadrons flew together, something that happens one in a hundred times... this game is so friging stupid...[8|]
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Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 65 [8|][8|][8|]
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet
21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet
and here are all three Lightning squadrons flying together... it could not be any more stupid... how can something like this be accepted for release... zzz
due to the oh so great working strike routines we lose 9 bombers (could have been far worse - with working radar for example) with the enemy losing a good dozen fighters at the targetted base...
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Morning Air attack on 77th Chindit Brigade, at 64,56
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
28 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 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 24
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
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Morning Air attack on 1st Engineer Co , at 76,117 (Babar)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
PV-1 Ventura x 12
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
Also attacking 1st Engineer Co ...
Also attacking Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 ...
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Morning Air attack on Yokosuka 1st SNLF, at 76,117 (Babar)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babar , at 76,117
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 39,740 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 36740 feet *
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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 1620 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86
Defending force 745 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
Allied adjusted assault: 43
Japanese adjusted defense: 53
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
531 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1
Defending units:
1st Engineer Co
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1
dropping the next load of troops with my C-47 from Darwin, a full USMC Bn landed today shock attacking with 503rd Para rgt... we fail again but the enemy is suffering more casualties than we do and we´ve got another USMC bn and 1st Aussie paras ready at Darwin... as expected Rainer also dropped some of his paras to help the eng unit at Babar but it´s too late... good thing is that Babar hasn´t got an airfield and he can only fly in paratroopers, otherwise we wouldn´t be able to take the base by air assault... it´s already going into the same direction as the German assault on Crete anyway... [:D] the eng unit was destroyed today and I guess the enemy won´t fly in more troops of Yokosuka 1st because this would mean the unit would get destroyed without any hopes to hold the place...
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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 333 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17
Defending force 1565 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1
Defending units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
1st USMC Parachute Bn /1
nevertheless of all the bad conditions today, we get away quite good as the bombers were more a threat to the Tonies than the other way around... guess with better armed Japanese fighters like the George this is going to change at some point... we only destroyed 4 enemy bombers at Saigon though which isn´t a lot considering the numbers there...
