AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 44
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,77
Japanese Ships
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
SC Ch 46
AKE Kato Maru
AKE Noshima
xAK Yozan Maru
xAK Imaji Maru
xAK Tsukuba Maru
xAK Kusuyama Maru
xAK Asuka Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru
E Ishizaki
E Natsushima
Allied Ships
SS Hackleback
SS Hackleback launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Yamahagi Maru
Hackleback diving deep ....
E Ishizaki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
I´m unsure about the convoy routing of Rainer, it doesn´t seem that he uses the same convoy routes which could be beneficial IMO as you could sweep these routes from my subs better than trying to clean the whole South China Sea (where we´ve got two dozen subs at the moment)...
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,79
Japanese Ships
xAK Mikage Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 46
AKE Kato Maru
AKE Noshima
xAK Yozan Maru
xAK Imaji Maru
xAK Tsukuba Maru
xAK Kusuyama Maru
xAK Asuka Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru
E Ishizaki
E Natsushima
Allied Ships
SS Hackleback
SS Hackleback launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Mikage Maru
Hackleback diving deep ....
E Ishizaki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Natsushima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Hackelback gets another kill...
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ASW attack near Donggala at 67,97
Japanese Ships
xAK Kinsyu Maru
xAK Glasgow Maru
xAK Florida Maru
E Sureko
Allied Ships
SS Trident, hits 7, heavy damage
SS Trident is sighted by escort
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko attacking submerged sub ....
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Sureko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the enemy takes revenge and puts Trident in sinking condition... 31 sys 62 flt...
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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-65
SC CHa-53
SC CHa-41
Allied Ships
SS Seadragon
Captain of SS Seadragon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Seadragon diving deep ....
SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-65 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,74
Japanese Ships
xAK Yuzan Maru
DD Minekaze
E Uruyame
Allied Ships
SS Burrfish, hits 8, heavy damage
SS Burrfish is sighted by escort
Burrfish diving deep ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
for two sunk freighters we´ve got two heavily damaged subs... this one tries to get home with 40 sys 72 flt 11 eng...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
N1K1-J George x 6
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000
Raid is overhead
my Lightning squadrons have become totally obsolete, wonder why... the Lightnings aren´t that worse compared to Corsairs but they are hardly able to deal with Zekes, let alone Georges... to make it worse for us, the Lightning squadrons are full of our best pilots... we trade the Lightnings 2:1 over the target but have so many damaged that it comes down to a 1:1 most times... and losing Lightnings 1:1 to Zeroes and Georges is something you just can´t afford as the Allied because the Japanese will laugh about anything below 3:1... what more can you do than to fill them up with aces and set them all to sweep? The oh so great working "routine" for coordination of sweeps makes any numerical advantage ad absurdum... it´s nothing but a flawed piece of programming... and in this case, we are attacking leaking Cap because it would be suicide to attack the base with the fighters itselve with radar now... now you´ve got radar and still the sh*tty coordination routine that is semi working for bomber strikes but totally rubbish in any way as soon as fighters are involved, no matter if it´s about escorts or sweeps... don´t even want to think about how silly it is when carrier based fighters are trying to escort some LBA strikes, this is even more absurd than the rest...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet *
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 6000 feet
this is as silly as it has been since day one after release...
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 9000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Vinh , at 65,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 16
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 3
Liberator B.III x 12
Liberator GR.III x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 76
P-38H Lightning x 74
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.III: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 9 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 4 destroyed
Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 22
Runway hits 180
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 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: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
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
7 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator II 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
CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
you can make it even worse, you can also send your Lightnings on escort... this means they are shot to pieces then and just reminds me of what I´m saying all the time... just send your bombers realistically unescorted and you end up with 20% of the losses... note that all three P-38 squadrons set to sweep show up with this bomber strike...
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 12
Wellington Ic x 12
Wellington B.X x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
P-38H Lightning x 59
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 85
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Wellington B.X bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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 33 minutes
the Lightnings then show up AGAIN (at least those that weren´t shot down or damaged during the first strike)... insane, they´re flying two missions in the same phase... [8|]
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 11
P-38H Lightning x 59
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
CAP engaged:
286 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
and they show up AGAIN! how stupid does this get? [8|]
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 59
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
and then they show up for the fourth time! There are only three P-38 squadrons at Hanoi and all three were flying four sweeps at this point of the day... OMG...
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 59
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
then one after another P-47 squadron shows up... good idea to show up AFTER the bombers when being set to sweep, also a good idea to have the squadrons sweep one after another... omg, this routine is so friging stupid, it really must hurt every sane man working on this "product"... unbelievable this is accepted the way it is...
oh yeah, the P-38 fly their FIFTH sweep this day... [8|]
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 59
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
next P-47 squadron doing a single squadron sweep, accompied by the P-38 from Hanoi again, now sweep number six this day... silly... [8|]
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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 31
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 107
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 14
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 59
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
13 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
next P-47 squadron (it must be hard not to notice how silly this is) and of course P-38 sweep NUMBER SIX!!!!!
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Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 37
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 71
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Pare Pare , at 66,104
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 61
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 112
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Manado , at 75,99
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
the bomber strikes are at times also looking just weird... how does this pass testing for release? Either implement the routines from BOB Bombing the Reich and make it a tactical game which isn´t possible or make it at least somewhat closer to having strikes that actually look like strikes and not training flights over the Bermuda triangle that all get lost...
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 59
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 7
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
3 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
and here´s the perfect example of the total silliness you have got now (this is sillier than the all in one strike of WITP)... the "lost" fighters of three P-47 squadrons in one sweep, plus the SEVENTH P-38 sweep this turn, all flown by the same P-38 squadrons... can you imagine how fat of these squadrons is going to look like????? And what this means to losses?
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 59
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 11
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
9 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
not over yet, more "lost" P-47 and another P-38 sweep... number NINE to be exact... 
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Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 59
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
15 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet *
2 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet *
wow, I praise the beta tester that told me "you will find out that all the air routines are borked"... the coordination thing is silly, it´s a totally flawed routine, the thing with the P-38 flying TEN!!! sweeps in one day must be a bug (for the first time in this PBEM)...
it´s interesting to read about Fifth AF in later days when you then read "80 P-38 were escorting the bombers to attack Lae", claiming dozens of enemy fighters and wrecking the airfield... my problem already starts when you can´t send the sweeps in a way you would accept it or when the escorts are usually shot to pieces by totally outnumbered and obsolete enemy fighters that face my flying circus... must be these days when the player is doing somethign wrong... neither do I see AARs showing any different "coordination" than my PBEM, nor is my opponent able to do it, nor does any of these famous "tips" on the forum help anything at all... the only thing I´ve found out so far is modding exp to 70+ which seems to help or having all squadrons on different airbases at different ranges as this works even better than having all the squadrons at the same base... how stupid is that? But that´s exactly how it is and is often enough shown by screenshots in the AARs when you see ten "strike lines" going to the same target...
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Morning Air attack on Lang Son , at 70,56
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
Spitfire VIII x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.17 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
No.60 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 40500
Raid is overhead
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (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 6000
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (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 40500
Raid is overhead
5318th PAU/FS with P-40K Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/35th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Raid is overhead
347th FG/67th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
23rd FG/75th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
311th FBG/529th FBS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37000
Raid is overhead
all my attacks resulted in a bad outcome for us, now a Zeke sweep against leaking Cap from Hanoi ends up on the receiving end... even though only two Zekes show up as destroyed, all of them were either shot down or sent home damaged for only two op losses on our side... without this engagement, the enemy would have achieved another victory in the air, even though he faced a total numerical superiority of Allied fighters... guess we´ve ordered some 200 fighters to sweep the enemy today, facing something like 40-50 enemies (all inferior fighters compared to P-38 and P-47)... our squadrons are flown by the best you can get but the way the game works it doesn´t help at all to have a 4 or 5:1 numerical superiority because you can´t bring it to the fight as it is now... add in the dive or no dive and you either end up with a total victory or a defeat... we didn´t have the dive today for our P-38 up to this point but the leaking Cap from Hanoi in this example had the dive, bad news for the sweeping Zekes...
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Morning Air attack on Djailolo , at 78,101
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 45,010 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 13
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 41010 feet *
CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 21800
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
N1K1-J George x 4
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000
Raid is overhead
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 74 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
and then the follow on sweeps on Dadjangas, as can be seen clearly, WITH the never ending dive for the P-38... amazing...
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Morning Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 19000
Raid is overhead
and that´s it for the sweeps... the P-38 from Hanoi took absurd losses today, mostly probably because they flew nine or ten missions in one day (clearly a bug), you can imagine how the fat looked like, the P-38 from Ternate sweeping Mindanao achieved a victory in the end with this sweep getting the never ending dive... more than two weeks P-38 replacements were lost today, we killed a weekly replacement of Zekes, definately not something we can afford...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Donggala at 69,96
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 1 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 22
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Kinsyu Maru, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Seisyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Kyokusei Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
10 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
and for the first time we attack a convoy South of Borneo with USN bombers coming from Ambon (got countless messages both in the morning and afternoon about bombers failing to locate the target due to range or weather or failing to link up)... 22 out of 72 bombers finally attack the convoy at the very end of the turn and probably sink these three freighters (more than a dozen ships reported)... while formations of bombers fail to locate the targets in 80% of the time, you nevertheless get halve a dozen sightings from patrol aircraft... something seems to be mismatching here, but good for the game when the fleets aren´t whiped out as soon as they get in range of LBA... you just have to wonder what happened in real life, thinking about the Bismarck Sea for example, the Japanese were clearly whiped out as soon as they got into range... what was the loss rate for ships in the famous Battle of the Bismarck Sea? 90%? goes for both sides though, the enemy´s bombers are just as bad in locating targets that have been spotted and shadowed by patrols as the Allied ones...
