AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 19, 44
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Pre-Invasion action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
116 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA Canberra
CA Australia
CA Shropshire
CL Detroit
CL Perth
CL Leander
LST-40
LST-24
LST-28
DMS Forrest
Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
CA Canberra firing at 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA Australia firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn
CA Shropshire firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Detroit firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Perth firing at 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CL Leander firing at 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
have ordered the invasion of Balikpapan, shouldn´t be a tough nut to crack and will give us 2700 fuel per day if we take the refineries undamaged... am not expecting the enemy to act against this invasion as KB is sitting at Manila and only Soerabaja could launch bigger numbers of aircraft and LBA strikes would be dead meat against the 1200 fighters covering the invasion...
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Amphibious Assault at Balikpapan
TF 297 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 64,97
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
11 troops of a AIF Inf Section 43 lost overboard during unload of 5th Australian Div /5
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
106 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA Canberra
CA Australia
CA Shropshire
CL Detroit
CL Perth
CL Leander
LST-24
LST-26
DMS Forrest
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
CA Shropshire firing at 22nd JAAF AF Bn
CL Perth firing at 3rd Fleet
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards
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Morning Air attack on 114th USAAF Base Force, at 90,97 (Babeldaob)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 30000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 43rd Infantry Division ...
Also attacking 114th USAAF Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 213
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 16 damaged
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 70
Port hits 11
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
16 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
16 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
16 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
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Thunderstorms saves the Japanese from taking any real damage... forecast here was overcast... I have been taking notes occassionally (usually when I launch big raids) of what the forecast says and what the weather really is during the attack... it is wrong in nearly 85% of the time so far... [:D] I guess weather forecast and weather has nearly nothing or nothing to do with each other... I would have to note every attack to make a real statistic though and that´s just too much work... what really strikes me are the huge differences though, you get "good" weather in the forecast and end up with the worst possible weather situation...
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10
No Allied losses
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Port hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Allied aircraft
Barracuda II x 13
Corsair II x 35
Hellcat I x 19
F6F-3 Hellcat x 539
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 279
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 20 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 20
Port fuel hits 7
Port supply hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
16 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x Barracuda II releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Barracuda II releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
17 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x Barracuda II releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Port Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
silly me... this time I´ve thought I could target the port to disrupt any enemy coast defense but the bombers didn´t attack yesterday and then I´ve forgot to stand them down... we pay for it with over halve a dozen Helldivers lost because dozens of them hit balloons... balloons are ten times deadlier than flak... attacking today was senseless anyway as the invasion was going in during the night and the air attack was far too late...
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Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 7
Hellcat I x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 130
TBF-1 Avenger x 18
Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
the silly bug of bombers set to nav attack attacking a land target...
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Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 9
Hellcat I x 8
F6F-3 Hellcat x 140
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 5
F6F-3 Hellcat x 101
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
17 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-474
LST-468
LST-461
LST-458
LST-353
LST-221
LST-32
LST-24
DMS Forrest
LST-26
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
LST-474 fired at enemy troops
LST-468 fired at enemy troops
LST-461 fired at enemy troops
LST-458 fired at enemy troops
LST-353 fired at enemy troops
LST-221 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6008 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 229
Defending force 19853 troops, 257 guns, 553 vehicles, Assault Value = 625
Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Fleet
22nd JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
5th Australian Div /17
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Motor Bde /10
17th RAAF Base Force /7
VII US Amphib Force /1
2nd Medium Regiment
231st USN Base Force /7
we had two Aus divs prepping for this target initially but have ordered one of them to prep for a different target weeks ago as the enemy defense here was seen as being only light... this force should be more than sufficient to take Balikpapan, a clear hex...
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16654 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 540
Defending force 6381 troops, 64 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 93
Allied adjusted assault: 584
Japanese adjusted defense: 221
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
245 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
221st USN Base Force
XI US Corps
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Indpt SNLF Coy /1
14th Base Force
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
getting 2:1 here for the first time... one or two more attacks, the Japanese proved to be quite stubborn while our troops are still in perfect shape...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 20, 44
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
107 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-473
LST-468
LST-458
LST-339
LST-221
LST-204
LST-174
LST-24
CA Canberra
LST-26
LST-28
DMS Forrest
Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-468 fired at enemy troops
LST-458 fired at enemy troops
LST-339 fired at enemy troops
LST-221 fired at enemy troops
LST-204 fired at enemy troops
LST-174 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
for what reason ever, a single LSD hasn´t unloaded a single soldier or a single point of supply yesterday so I had to keep unloading today, everything else has thrown the troops and equipment onto the beach... doesn´t really matter in this invasion but could be a problem during a contested invasion, the result would be to withdraw with that ship still being fully loaded while it carries 1/3 of a HQ...
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-473
LST-458
LST-450
LST-448
LST-219
LST-205
LST-180
LST-40
LST-28
LST-26
DMS Forrest
LST-24
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-458 fired at enemy troops
LST-450 fired at enemy troops
LST-448 fired at enemy troops
LST-219 fired at enemy troops
LST-205 fired at enemy troops
LST-180 fired at enemy troops
LST-40 fired at enemy troops
LST-28 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-473
LST-353
LST-219
LST-218
LST-174
LST-40
LST-32
LST-24
LST-26
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-353 fired at enemy troops
LST-219 fired at enemy troops
LST-218 fired at enemy troops
LST-174 fired at enemy troops
LST-40 fired at enemy troops
everything on the beach now...
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
four recon sitting here, the enemy attacks with his crappy Lily bombers...
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Morning Air attack on 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 64,97 (Balikpapan)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 6
Hellcat I x 4
B-25D1 Mitchell x 48
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 63
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 87
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 34
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
423 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
the medium bombers at Watampone have been ordered to fly ground support for our troops at Balikpapan...
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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF AF Bn , at 64,97 (Balikpapan)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 4
B-25D1 Mitchell x 33
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 91
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 22
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
the enemy is surely going to feel these strikes...
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Morning Air attack on 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 64,97 (Balikpapan)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 10
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 95
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
14 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 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-478
LST-474
LST-473
LST-458
LST-218
LST-204
LST-175
LST-24
LST-26
CA Canberra
LST-28
LST-478 fired at enemy troops
LST-474 fired at enemy troops
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-458 fired at enemy troops
LST-218 fired at enemy troops
LST-204 fired at enemy troops
LST-175 fired at enemy troops
75mm T94 Mtn Gun battery firing at LST-26
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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5614 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 204
Defending force 20420 troops, 257 guns, 553 vehicles, Assault Value = 629
Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Fleet
22nd JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
17th RAAF Base Force
VII US Amphib Force
231st USN Base Force
2nd Medium Regiment
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16389 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 524
Defending force 5383 troops, 64 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 69
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 195
Japanese adjusted defense: 175
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
401 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
XI US Corps
221st USN Base Force
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
14th Base Force
43rd JNAF AF Unit
we still fail to take Jolo but that´s only a matter of time...
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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 17367 troops, 248 guns, 542 vehicles, Assault Value = 629
Defending force 8210 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 199
Allied adjusted assault: 487
Japanese adjusted defense: 47 [:D]
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2432 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 145 destroyed, 106 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 18 (18 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
231st USN Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
VII US Amphib Force
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Fleet
22nd JAAF AF Bn
this time the airstrikes really have been the deciding factor here as we take the base on the first attempt... it´s really hard to defend clear hexes if enemy LBA is in range even if you have got some forts...
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Ground combat at Kudat (69,86)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 1477 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Allied adjusted assault: 56
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kudat !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)
Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /1
1st Australian Para Bn /1
paras take the empty base East of Jesselton on the North East tip of Borneo, we are going to unload our troops here and will move over the trail to Jesselton to take the place and build it up to level 9 airfield to dominate the South China Sea with our long range bombers from here and Hanoi... this will still leave a very small corridor for the Japanese to move through the South China Sea but it will become very dangerous and our carriers can attack every target moving through this area within two days...
thought the intel screen would be interesting... thought the total aircraft losses in comparison to flak losses would be highly interesting as there are still people (most?) that think flak would be accurately modeled... I doubt that as the standard attack height for both sides is 10000ft and it has been like this for the whole war (with some exceptions when you move up a bit to further reduce minimal losses)... a hybrid between vanilla and Nikmod flak could be needed, as it is now, flak is nothing but a fart... Allied 2.82% lost to flak, Japanese 5.48 lost to flak... both sides have attacked unrealistic flak stacks numerous times (not as unrealistic flak stacks as other people tend to create though but still highly unrealistic ones)
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
107 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-473
LST-468
LST-458
LST-339
LST-221
LST-204
LST-174
LST-24
CA Canberra
LST-26
LST-28
DMS Forrest
Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-468 fired at enemy troops
LST-458 fired at enemy troops
LST-339 fired at enemy troops
LST-221 fired at enemy troops
LST-204 fired at enemy troops
LST-174 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
for what reason ever, a single LSD hasn´t unloaded a single soldier or a single point of supply yesterday so I had to keep unloading today, everything else has thrown the troops and equipment onto the beach... doesn´t really matter in this invasion but could be a problem during a contested invasion, the result would be to withdraw with that ship still being fully loaded while it carries 1/3 of a HQ...
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-473
LST-458
LST-450
LST-448
LST-219
LST-205
LST-180
LST-40
LST-28
LST-26
DMS Forrest
LST-24
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-458 fired at enemy troops
LST-450 fired at enemy troops
LST-448 fired at enemy troops
LST-219 fired at enemy troops
LST-205 fired at enemy troops
LST-180 fired at enemy troops
LST-40 fired at enemy troops
LST-28 fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-473
LST-353
LST-219
LST-218
LST-174
LST-40
LST-32
LST-24
LST-26
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-353 fired at enemy troops
LST-219 fired at enemy troops
LST-218 fired at enemy troops
LST-174 fired at enemy troops
LST-40 fired at enemy troops
everything on the beach now...
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 35 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 31
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
four recon sitting here, the enemy attacks with his crappy Lily bombers...
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Morning Air attack on 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 64,97 (Balikpapan)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 6
Hellcat I x 4
B-25D1 Mitchell x 48
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 63
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 87
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 34
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
423 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
the medium bombers at Watampone have been ordered to fly ground support for our troops at Balikpapan...
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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF AF Bn , at 64,97 (Balikpapan)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 4
B-25D1 Mitchell x 33
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 91
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 22
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
the enemy is surely going to feel these strikes...
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Morning Air attack on 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 64,97 (Balikpapan)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 10
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 95
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
14 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 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Invasion Support action off Balikpapan
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
LST-478
LST-474
LST-473
LST-458
LST-218
LST-204
LST-175
LST-24
LST-26
CA Canberra
LST-28
LST-478 fired at enemy troops
LST-474 fired at enemy troops
LST-473 fired at enemy troops
LST-458 fired at enemy troops
LST-218 fired at enemy troops
LST-204 fired at enemy troops
LST-175 fired at enemy troops
75mm T94 Mtn Gun battery firing at LST-26
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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5614 troops, 61 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 204
Defending force 20420 troops, 257 guns, 553 vehicles, Assault Value = 629
Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Fleet
22nd JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
17th RAAF Base Force
VII US Amphib Force
231st USN Base Force
2nd Medium Regiment
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16389 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 524
Defending force 5383 troops, 64 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 69
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 195
Japanese adjusted defense: 175
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
401 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
XI US Corps
221st USN Base Force
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
14th Base Force
43rd JNAF AF Unit
we still fail to take Jolo but that´s only a matter of time...
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Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 17367 troops, 248 guns, 542 vehicles, Assault Value = 629
Defending force 8210 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 199
Allied adjusted assault: 487
Japanese adjusted defense: 47 [:D]
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied forces CAPTURE Balikpapan !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2432 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 145 destroyed, 106 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 18 (18 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
3rd Motor Brigade
231st USN Base Force
17th RAAF Base Force
VII US Amphib Force
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Naval Guard Unit
3rd Fleet
22nd JAAF AF Bn
this time the airstrikes really have been the deciding factor here as we take the base on the first attempt... it´s really hard to defend clear hexes if enemy LBA is in range even if you have got some forts...
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Ground combat at Kudat (69,86)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 1477 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Allied adjusted assault: 56
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kudat !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)
Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /1
1st Australian Para Bn /1
paras take the empty base East of Jesselton on the North East tip of Borneo, we are going to unload our troops here and will move over the trail to Jesselton to take the place and build it up to level 9 airfield to dominate the South China Sea with our long range bombers from here and Hanoi... this will still leave a very small corridor for the Japanese to move through the South China Sea but it will become very dangerous and our carriers can attack every target moving through this area within two days...
thought the intel screen would be interesting... thought the total aircraft losses in comparison to flak losses would be highly interesting as there are still people (most?) that think flak would be accurately modeled... I doubt that as the standard attack height for both sides is 10000ft and it has been like this for the whole war (with some exceptions when you move up a bit to further reduce minimal losses)... a hybrid between vanilla and Nikmod flak could be needed, as it is now, flak is nothing but a fart... Allied 2.82% lost to flak, Japanese 5.48 lost to flak... both sides have attacked unrealistic flak stacks numerous times (not as unrealistic flak stacks as other people tend to create though but still highly unrealistic ones)
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
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Thunderstorms saves the Japanese from taking any real damage... forecast here was overcast... I have been taking notes occassionally (usually when I launch big raids) of what the forecast says and what the weather really is during the attack... it is wrong in nearly 85% of the time so far... [:D] I guess weather forecast and weather has nearly nothing or nothing to do with each other... I would have to note every attack to make a real statistic though and that´s just too much work... what really strikes me are the huge differences though, you get "good" weather in the forecast and end up with the worst possible weather situation...
I suggest that everybody play this game "advanced weather" OFF. Weather OFF is almost as bad as ON, but forecast is always "partly cloudy", so you don't have to care about it... [;)]
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
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thought the intel screen would be interesting... thought the total aircraft losses in comparison to flak losses would be highly interesting as there are still people (most?) that think flak would be accurately modeled... I doubt that as the standard attack height for both sides is 10000ft and it has been like this for the whole war (with some exceptions when you move up a bit to further reduce minimal losses)... a hybrid between vanilla and Nikmod flak could be needed, as it is now, flak is nothing but a fart... Allied 2.82% lost to flak, Japanese 5.48 lost to flak... both sides have attacked unrealistic flak stacks numerous times (not as unrealistic flak stacks as other people tend to create though but still highly unrealistic ones)
Yes, I find land based flak to be anemic at best. I fly my Allied heavies at 7,000 feet and rarely lose one to flak and can stack my flak in a hex and not shoot down many Japanese bombers if they fly high enough. However, I will damage a lot and it does seem to affect accuracy.
I can live with this, however Japanese naval flak in late 43 is obscene and American naval flak is quite weak (as good as the Japanese but no bettter). I would rather that they fix this first.
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TF 161 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)
Allied Ships
DMS Long
DMS Perry
DMS Dorsey
25 mines cleared
after we took the base we suddenly see the red dot for enemy mines being at the base, no mines were cleared (or hit [:D]) during the invasion so I´m not sure if this isn´t from a sub but then I wouldn´t see the dot until one of my ships spots the minefield... anyway, not a lot of mines here and the three DMS are clearing them up...
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 30
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet
not surprising that Rainer is acting against my paradrop on Kudat, all my para assaults have drawn some reaction but none of them failed so far...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 64 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 16
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 30
F6F-3 Hellcat x 40
PV-1 Ventura x 48
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet *
7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet *
8 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet *
8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet
8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet
CAP engaged:
S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
got failed escorts coming from the carriers on sweep and got Corsairs from Tawi Tawi ordered to sweep, everything coming in with the first wave of bombers... the Zekes suffer the dive and are shred...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 30
PV-1 Ventura x 24
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 170
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 197
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
16 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
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
3 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
15 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
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 60
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14
P-51B Mustang x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
bad weather and extended range so not really impressive results but Jesselton is only a level 2 airfield and both Miri and Brunei are trashed with not enough enemy troops there to become a threat again... this area is quite important so I wonder why Rainer missed to defend it at all cost, with Jesselton in our hands our long range bombers can close down the South China Sea between Borneo and Vietnam...
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
No Allied losses
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 12
No Allied losses
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
lots of dispersed strikes following the first big wave...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Port hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Port hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 24
No Japanese losses
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
quite a distance for the Peggies, they´re coming in from Camranh Bay
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16378 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 525
Defending force 4460 troops, 64 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 45
Allied adjusted assault: 514
Japanese adjusted defense: 49
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Jolo !!! [&o]
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (15 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
221st USN Base Force
XI US Corps
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Base Force
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
our troops were finally able to overcome the stubborn defense at Jolo...
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TF 161 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)
Allied Ships
DMS Long
DMS Perry
DMS Dorsey
25 mines cleared
after we took the base we suddenly see the red dot for enemy mines being at the base, no mines were cleared (or hit [:D]) during the invasion so I´m not sure if this isn´t from a sub but then I wouldn´t see the dot until one of my ships spots the minefield... anyway, not a lot of mines here and the three DMS are clearing them up...
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 30
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 6000 feet
not surprising that Rainer is acting against my paradrop on Kudat, all my para assaults have drawn some reaction but none of them failed so far...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 64 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 16
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 30
F6F-3 Hellcat x 40
PV-1 Ventura x 48
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet *
7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet *
8 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet *
8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet
8 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 30000 feet
CAP engaged:
S-305 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
got failed escorts coming from the carriers on sweep and got Corsairs from Tawi Tawi ordered to sweep, everything coming in with the first wave of bombers... the Zekes suffer the dive and are shred...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 30
PV-1 Ventura x 24
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 170
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 197
Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
16 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
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
3 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
15 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
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 60
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 28
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14
P-51B Mustang x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
bad weather and extended range so not really impressive results but Jesselton is only a level 2 airfield and both Miri and Brunei are trashed with not enough enemy troops there to become a threat again... this area is quite important so I wonder why Rainer missed to defend it at all cost, with Jesselton in our hands our long range bombers can close down the South China Sea between Borneo and Vietnam...
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 16
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
No Allied losses
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 12
No Allied losses
Port fuel hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
lots of dispersed strikes following the first big wave...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Port hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97
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 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Port hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 24
No Japanese losses
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
quite a distance for the Peggies, they´re coming in from Camranh Bay
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16378 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 525
Defending force 4460 troops, 64 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 45
Allied adjusted assault: 514
Japanese adjusted defense: 49
Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Jolo !!! [&o]
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
286 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (15 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
221st USN Base Force
XI US Corps
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Base Force
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
43rd JNAF AF Unit
our troops were finally able to overcome the stubborn defense at Jolo...
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 22, 44
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ASW attack near Bataan at 78,77
Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 15
AMc Wa 21
AMc Wa 18
Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 1
SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
Argonaut bottoming out ....
AMc Wa 21 fails to find sub and abandons search
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 attacking submerged sub ....
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
should have known better when I´ve ordered Argonaut to mine Bataan as there are always these coastal minesweepers on station which I have forgotten about... planned to lay 60 mines here as the fleet is closing in on NE Borneo to unload lots of troops at Kudat to march on Jesselton, this involves more than three dozen carriers with around 2000 carrier based aircraft, dozens of cruisers, BB and more than 150 destroyers... I´m moving around with the hammer all the time, if something shows up, it will get trashed... at least that´s the plan... if nothing shows up (like most times in the past, then it was only a waste of a hell a lot fuel [:D])
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TF 48 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 21
AMc Wa 18
AMc Wa 16
AMc Wa 15
21 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26
No Japanese losses
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16257 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
Defending force 3138 troops, 48 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Allied adjusted assault: 362
Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 27 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
221st USN Base Force
XI US Corps
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
14th Base Force
43rd JNAF AF Unit
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ASW attack near Bataan at 78,77
Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 15
AMc Wa 21
AMc Wa 18
Allied Ships
SS Argonaut, hits 1
SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
Argonaut bottoming out ....
AMc Wa 21 fails to find sub and abandons search
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 attacking submerged sub ....
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Wa 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
should have known better when I´ve ordered Argonaut to mine Bataan as there are always these coastal minesweepers on station which I have forgotten about... planned to lay 60 mines here as the fleet is closing in on NE Borneo to unload lots of troops at Kudat to march on Jesselton, this involves more than three dozen carriers with around 2000 carrier based aircraft, dozens of cruisers, BB and more than 150 destroyers... I´m moving around with the hammer all the time, if something shows up, it will get trashed... at least that´s the plan... if nothing shows up (like most times in the past, then it was only a waste of a hell a lot fuel [:D])
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TF 48 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 21
AMc Wa 18
AMc Wa 16
AMc Wa 15
21 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26
No Japanese losses
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16257 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 518
Defending force 3138 troops, 48 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Allied adjusted assault: 362
Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 27 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
221st USN Base Force
XI US Corps
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Field AF Construction Battalion
14th Base Force
43rd JNAF AF Unit
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Struck by how he only has 10k army loss points, in my game my honourable opponent is up to 18,000 points and climbing - and its not even really got started yet IMHO. Almost all of it due to Chinese massacre I think.
Strategic bombing in China meant there has been effectively 0 supply there since May 42, and ever since then its a perpetual round of slaughter as Chinese units take position in some hill, hold for a month without supply before being annihilated, only to be replaced by the limitless Chinese LCU Rule. Rinse, repeat, and the VPs climb and climb.
I don't personally care about VPs, I tend to use schedule as a yardstick of success myself, but still, looking at your intelligence screenshot I was struck by the vast disparity in ground losses.
Strategic bombing in China meant there has been effectively 0 supply there since May 42, and ever since then its a perpetual round of slaughter as Chinese units take position in some hill, hold for a month without supply before being annihilated, only to be replaced by the limitless Chinese LCU Rule. Rinse, repeat, and the VPs climb and climb.
I don't personally care about VPs, I tend to use schedule as a yardstick of success myself, but still, looking at your intelligence screenshot I was struck by the vast disparity in ground losses.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 23, 44
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TF 48 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 21
AMc Wa 18
AMc Wa 16
AMc Wa 15
41 mines cleared
that´s it for Argonaut´s minefield... 6 weeks of mine replacements...
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Morning Air attack on 31st JAAF AF Bn , at 65,96 (Samarinda)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 84
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 49
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 45
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
the units that took Balikpapan are about to cross the river into Samarinda to take out the little enemy garisson and these air attacks are the preparation for it...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment, at 65,96 (Samarinda)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 15th Naval Guard Unit, at 65,96 (Samarinda)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 48
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 15 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Jesselton is closed now...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 41
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
Liberator B.III x 15
Liberator B.VI x 28
B-24D1 Liberator x 98
B-29-1 Superfort x 62
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 37
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 221
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x Liberator B.VI 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
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 11 on standby, 25 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
the first big air attack on Korea! Sian was built up to a level 9 airfield and I´ve moved my bombers into the base, guarded by some 200 P-47 and the bombers took off to take out Port Arthur´s airfield to fly follow on attacks on the refineries there (Japan´s bottleneck really are the refineries now as far as I can tell, every single point of refinery capacity lost must be felt and Port Arthur got 120 refineries)... the Tojos are either driven off or fail to catch the bombers as the engagement is over in no time (means the follow on waves are going to take it on the chin though)... the airfield is trashed but I´m unsure if that´s enough to stop Cap at the level 9 field... quite a result for severe storms...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28
Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 10
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
as expected the following bombers still meet lots of fighters but the damage done wasn´t as severe as feared...
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Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 110
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 240
Aircraft Attacking:
16 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
12 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
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Brunei´s airfield being severely damaged already gets the hammer again is now 100% destroyed for sure...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 8
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 67
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
P-51B Mustang x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 26
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56
Aircraft Attacking:
14 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 Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
total overkill at Brunei today...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 9
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 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 19 minutes
these piecemeal strikes really are a problem and I fail to understand the logic behind the strike routine with one huge wave followed by lots of piece meal strikes... and this isn´t realism in my book... or is a "WITP" strike followed by squadron sized strikes realism?
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Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 72
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 163
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
3 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
3 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 Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
P-51B Mustang x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
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 58 minutes
still not over and more bombers are trickling in over Port Arthur...
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Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th 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 Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Davao (79,91)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 135849 troops, 2507 guns, 4027 vehicles, Assault Value = 5585
Defending force 95461 troops, 945 guns, 260 vehicles, Assault Value = 3029
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
Allied adjusted assault: 2525
Japanese adjusted defense: 15016 [X(][X(][X(]
Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4501 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 355 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 381 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled
Vehicles lost 61 (4 destroyed, 57 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
12662 casualties reported
Squads: 59 destroyed, 639 disabled [X(]
Non Combat: 130 destroyed, 1664 disabled [X(][X(][X(]
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 172 disabled
Vehicles lost 1104 (55 destroyed, 1049 disabled) [X(][X(][X(]
Assaulting units:
4th Marine Division
4th Armoured Brigade
754th Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
2nd Marine Division
1st Marine Division
2/7th Armoured Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
18th Combat Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
6th Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
93rd Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
18th British Division
119th USAAF Base Force
147th Field Artillery Regiment
II Australian Corps
V US Amphib Corps
154th FA Bn
181st Field Artillery Regiment
XIV US Corps
146th USA Base Force
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9th RAAF Base Force
148th USA Base Force
151st USA Base Force
168th Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
Defending units:
54th Division
31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Kure 7th SNLF
27th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 6th SNLF
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Division
33rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
30th Ind.Mixed Brigade
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
89th Naval Guard Unit
58th Construction Battalion
59th Field AA Battalion
4th Air Army
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
60th JNAF AF Unit
64th Field AA Battalion
2nd Base Force
72nd JAAF AF Bn
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
66th Field AA Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
16th Army
19th Army
65th Field AA Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
29th Field AA Machinecannon Company
6th Air Div /1
am I nuts to attack here? I´ve expected a lot but not to have the equivalent of 2 full divs being out of combat after one day, with 1800 support squads lost/disabled and another 1100 vehicles (motorized support) lost/disabled... this is the equivalent of the support units of 5 full divisions! And then please raise the argument that the ground combat routine hasn´t got a problem... I didn´t understand it in WITP why support always took more losses than actual fighting squads and I even more fail to understand it in AE where it has gotten even worse... my whole Army is in full need of support now, as it lost more than 50% of the available support in one day of combat... holy crap, this sux... excellent example of the routine having a problem as soon as more than 6 units on each side are coming into play... so what to do? telling my opponent he shouldn´t use more than 2 combat units to defend a hex or should I try to attack with only two divs to see them completely whiped out? best tactic in WITP and AE is to just place two divs in such a hex and let the enemy rot as he can´t dislodge your units as long as they are defending... guess we have to send in another ten divisions, in the end we will have probably up to a dozen divs in need of three months rest...
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16255 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 519
Defending force 2720 troops, 45 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 11
Allied adjusted assault: 237
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 47 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
587 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
221st USN Base Force
XI US Corps
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
43rd JNAF AF Unit
14th Base Force
13th Field AF Const Bn /1
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14th Base Force Wiped Out at Jolo by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Jolo
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TF 48 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 21
AMc Wa 18
AMc Wa 16
AMc Wa 15
41 mines cleared
that´s it for Argonaut´s minefield... 6 weeks of mine replacements...
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Morning Air attack on 31st JAAF AF Bn , at 65,96 (Samarinda)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 84
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 49
F4U-1 Corsair x 13
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 45
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 31st JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 15th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 63rd JNAF AF Unit /1 ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
Also attacking 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Fleet ...
the units that took Balikpapan are about to cross the river into Samarinda to take out the little enemy garisson and these air attacks are the preparation for it...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment, at 65,96 (Samarinda)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PBJ-1D Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 15th Naval Guard Unit, at 65,96 (Samarinda)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 48
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 15 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Jesselton is closed now...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 41
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
Liberator B.III x 15
Liberator B.VI x 28
B-24D1 Liberator x 98
B-29-1 Superfort x 62
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged
Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 37
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 221
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x Liberator B.VI 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
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 11 on standby, 25 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
the first big air attack on Korea! Sian was built up to a level 9 airfield and I´ve moved my bombers into the base, guarded by some 200 P-47 and the bombers took off to take out Port Arthur´s airfield to fly follow on attacks on the refineries there (Japan´s bottleneck really are the refineries now as far as I can tell, every single point of refinery capacity lost must be felt and Port Arthur got 120 refineries)... the Tojos are either driven off or fail to catch the bombers as the engagement is over in no time (means the follow on waves are going to take it on the chin though)... the airfield is trashed but I´m unsure if that´s enough to stop Cap at the level 9 field... quite a result for severe storms...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28
Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 10
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
as expected the following bombers still meet lots of fighters but the damage done wasn´t as severe as feared...
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Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 110
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 240
Aircraft Attacking:
16 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
12 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
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Brunei´s airfield being severely damaged already gets the hammer again is now 100% destroyed for sure...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 8
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 67
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
P-51B Mustang x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 26
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56
Aircraft Attacking:
14 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 Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 23
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
total overkill at Brunei today...
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 9
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Brunei , at 65,87
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
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 Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 25 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 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 19 minutes
these piecemeal strikes really are a problem and I fail to understand the logic behind the strike routine with one huge wave followed by lots of piece meal strikes... and this isn´t realism in my book... or is a "WITP" strike followed by squadron sized strikes realism?
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Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 72
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 163
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
3 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
3 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 Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
P-51B Mustang x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
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 58 minutes
still not over and more bombers are trickling in over Port Arthur...
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Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
87th 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 Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Davao (79,91)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 135849 troops, 2507 guns, 4027 vehicles, Assault Value = 5585
Defending force 95461 troops, 945 guns, 260 vehicles, Assault Value = 3029
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
Allied adjusted assault: 2525
Japanese adjusted defense: 15016 [X(][X(][X(]
Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4501 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 355 disabled
Non Combat: 45 destroyed, 381 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 35 disabled
Vehicles lost 61 (4 destroyed, 57 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
12662 casualties reported
Squads: 59 destroyed, 639 disabled [X(]
Non Combat: 130 destroyed, 1664 disabled [X(][X(][X(]
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 172 disabled
Vehicles lost 1104 (55 destroyed, 1049 disabled) [X(][X(][X(]
Assaulting units:
4th Marine Division
4th Armoured Brigade
754th Tank Battalion
3rd Marine Division
2nd Marine Division
1st Marine Division
2/7th Armoured Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
18th Combat Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/4th Armoured Regiment
6th Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
93rd Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Army Tank Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
18th British Division
119th USAAF Base Force
147th Field Artillery Regiment
II Australian Corps
V US Amphib Corps
154th FA Bn
181st Field Artillery Regiment
XIV US Corps
146th USA Base Force
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9th RAAF Base Force
148th USA Base Force
151st USA Base Force
168th Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
Defending units:
54th Division
31st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Kure 7th SNLF
27th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 6th SNLF
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
28th Ind.Mixed Brigade
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Division
33rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
30th Ind.Mixed Brigade
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
89th Naval Guard Unit
58th Construction Battalion
59th Field AA Battalion
4th Air Army
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
60th JNAF AF Unit
64th Field AA Battalion
2nd Base Force
72nd JAAF AF Bn
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
66th Field AA Battalion
9th Field AF Construction Battalion
16th Army
19th Army
65th Field AA Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
29th Field AA Machinecannon Company
6th Air Div /1
am I nuts to attack here? I´ve expected a lot but not to have the equivalent of 2 full divs being out of combat after one day, with 1800 support squads lost/disabled and another 1100 vehicles (motorized support) lost/disabled... this is the equivalent of the support units of 5 full divisions! And then please raise the argument that the ground combat routine hasn´t got a problem... I didn´t understand it in WITP why support always took more losses than actual fighting squads and I even more fail to understand it in AE where it has gotten even worse... my whole Army is in full need of support now, as it lost more than 50% of the available support in one day of combat... holy crap, this sux... excellent example of the routine having a problem as soon as more than 6 units on each side are coming into play... so what to do? telling my opponent he shouldn´t use more than 2 combat units to defend a hex or should I try to attack with only two divs to see them completely whiped out? best tactic in WITP and AE is to just place two divs in such a hex and let the enemy rot as he can´t dislodge your units as long as they are defending... guess we have to send in another ten divisions, in the end we will have probably up to a dozen divs in need of three months rest...
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16255 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 519
Defending force 2720 troops, 45 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 11
Allied adjusted assault: 237
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 47 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
587 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
221st USN Base Force
XI US Corps
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
43rd JNAF AF Unit
14th Base Force
13th Field AF Const Bn /1
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14th Base Force Wiped Out at Jolo by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Jolo
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
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Struck by how he only has 10k army loss points, in my game my honourable opponent is up to 18,000 points and climbing - and its not even really got started yet IMHO. Almost all of it due to Chinese massacre I think.
Strategic bombing in China meant there has been effectively 0 supply there since May 42, and ever since then its a perpetual round of slaughter as Chinese units take position in some hill, hold for a month without supply before being annihilated, only to be replaced by the limitless Chinese LCU Rule. Rinse, repeat, and the VPs climb and climb.
I don't personally care about VPs, I tend to use schedule as a yardstick of success myself, but still, looking at your intelligence screenshot I was struck by the vast disparity in ground losses.
China soon stalemated so the enemy never got beyond some bases in clear terrain in the North. Strategic bombing is greatly restricted for both sides as it brings up just too unrealistic results, basically I can strat bomb bases in Korea and Japan while the Japanese can strat bomb India, Australia or the US. Also the SRA but why should the Japanese destroy the targets in the SRA he starts the war for? [:D] While I think the generic supply in China isn´t as much a factor (if any) as the importance of Burma, as this is the place where China is drawing insane amounts of supplies in my game. I´ve never really tried to use the arrows to draw supply but as soon as I´ve transferred the bomber hordes to China, I had 200,000 supplies moving to the area around Hanoi for example! First I was shocked to see that as I´ve thought it has just sucked the rest of China dry but that wasn´t the case. If you own Rangoon and got a path into China there is an endless flow of supplies into China, as it is now, I guess there are some 500,000+ supplies in China and Vietnam. Means in the bases, with the same amount being probably stored in all the troops being fully supplied. Burma is the goal for the defense of China and fighting in non clear hexes IMO. There probably is a lot of supply lost for the transfer but as the Allied, who really cares about that? [:D] I´ve got 125,000 tons of supplies unloaded at Rangoon every two weeks and this for months already.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 24, 44
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Sub vs Sub: SS Billfish attacking SST Yu-3 at 72,89 - near Tawi Tawi
Japanese Ships
SST Yu-3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Billfish
SS Billfish launches 6 torpedoes at 2,000 yards
another sub vs sub attack and an IJN transport sub is sunk... guess in total our subs have sunk around halve a dozen enemy subs... two or three subs were lost to IJN subs...
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 8
B-24J Liberator x 151
P-38J Lightning x 32
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 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 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 67
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
10 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
12 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
have to prevent fort building and hope to also destroy some supply but I doubt the enemy is anywhere near being in danger of running out of supply on Mindanao, they can probably hold out there until 47...
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 40
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 5
Port hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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 Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
9 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
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
P-51B Mustang x 13
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 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 Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
35th FG/40th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
I was more than surprised to see these Peggy long range raids daily and decided to bring them to an end by setting two P-47 squadrons on LRCAP from Tawi Tawi... nearly halve a dozen Peggies were shot down and I´m sure they won´t return...
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16291 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 519
Defending force 637 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Allied adjusted assault: 366
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 366 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
949 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
XI US Corps
221st USN Base Force
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
43rd JNAF AF Unit
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Sub vs Sub: SS Billfish attacking SST Yu-3 at 72,89 - near Tawi Tawi
Japanese Ships
SST Yu-3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Billfish
SS Billfish launches 6 torpedoes at 2,000 yards
another sub vs sub attack and an IJN transport sub is sunk... guess in total our subs have sunk around halve a dozen enemy subs... two or three subs were lost to IJN subs...
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 8
B-24J Liberator x 151
P-38J Lightning x 32
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 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 14
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 67
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
10 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
12 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
have to prevent fort building and hope to also destroy some supply but I doubt the enemy is anywhere near being in danger of running out of supply on Mindanao, they can probably hold out there until 47...
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 40
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 5
Port hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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 Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
9 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
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
P-51B Mustang x 13
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 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 Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 26
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-67-Ia Peggy bombing from 6000 feet
Port Attack: 3 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
35th FG/39th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
35th FG/40th FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
I was more than surprised to see these Peggy long range raids daily and decided to bring them to an end by setting two P-47 squadrons on LRCAP from Tawi Tawi... nearly halve a dozen Peggies were shot down and I´m sure they won´t return...
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Ground combat at Jolo (74,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16291 troops, 269 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 519
Defending force 637 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Allied adjusted assault: 366
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 366 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
949 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
27th Infantry Division
14th NZ Brigade
XI US Corps
221st USN Base Force
4th RNZAF Base Force
Defending units:
43rd JNAF AF Unit
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 25, 44
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 20
F6F-3 Hellcat x 156
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet *
I hate it... I really hate this stupidity!!! [8|]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 30
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 50
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
hundreds of fighters are sent from our fighters to escort a strike against some merchants... 256 show up first because they all missed the bombers coming from the same carriers... these routines are just silly... noone can seriously think that this would be anywhere realistic, neither the fact that the fighters constantly fail to escort anything (no matter which alt, it just means nothing) nor the fact that it´s even sillier how the strikes look like... yeah, hundreds of fighters escorted a dozen bombers in real life... SURE!
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 10
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Liberator B.III x 15
Liberator B.VI x 30
B-24D1 Liberator x 74
B-29-1 Superfort x 78
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.III: 1 damaged
Refinery hits 39
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 28
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
we return to Port Arthur and now also target the refineries while the rest of the bombers keeps the airfield in wrecked state... the couple of Zeroes are LRCAP...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 4 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 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 53 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Refinery hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Refinery hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Allied losses
Refinery hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 60
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 15, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Jinju Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E W-28, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SC Ch 14, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SC Ch 51
TK Noshiro Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Rokkosan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Peking Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Kyokuyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring SC Ch 15
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Jinju Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E W-28
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring SC Ch 14
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Noshiro Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Peking Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Kyokuyo Maru
so here´s the strike on the enemy tanker convoy... the strike routine decided that it´s worth it to send 316 fighters with 31 bombers, a 10:1 ratio... stupid or silly? I let you decide... in WITP you could prevent this by settng the fighter squdrons to 80% Cap or so, in AE now that fatigue skyrockets when you set your Cap to more than 40% this is no longer possible and you can also not tell them to mount reasonable strikes so you just gotta live with it... your fighters fly out in ridicoulos numbers while your carriers can end up being attacked by the enemy with only a meager cover compared to what would be available...
so either you give the player the chance to give order what the aircraft should do or if the player can´t influence it (of course I can stand down everything - now that would be a smart idea) then provide a better working routine... not asking for a perfect result, but that´s not even acceptable like it is now... [8|] Rainer has already suffered for it when nearly 50% of his fighters escorted 9 bombers to attack a couple of barges while bombs from my LBA rained down on his carriers and it can happen to everyone everytime... and setting Cap to 80% is not an option at all because you end up with insane fatigue after two days...
the reason for this strike is that my fleet has set course to bring lots of troops to Kudat that was taken by my paras, combat units will then march to Jesselton and take the place against meager opposition... Jesselton will be built up to level 9 and USN long range bombers will rule the South China Sea from Jesselton and Saigon... of course there will still be ships slipping through but if bigger convoys are spotted and don´t get attacked by the long range bombers then we can still do what we are doing today, sending out the carriers as they can reach every spot in the South China Sea within two days so nothing is save for the enemy... the convoys bringing in troops are in the Tawi Tawi area at the moment, KB is still sitting at Manila, expected to bail out and head North (North East) as my carrier fleet is pretty close by and absolutely superior to KB...
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 26
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet *
attempt to catch my LRCAP...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 100
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet *
what is stupid in the morning stays as stupid in the afternoon... yeah, it is working very well indeed... and no critism accepted...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 70
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 10
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
TBF-1 Avenger x 18
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
E W-28, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
E Susuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Noshiro Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E W-28
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Noshiro Maru
316 fighters escorted 31 bombers in the morning, 210 escorted 18 bombers in the afternoon... both times a 10+:1 ratio... the routine is so silly to send more than 500 fighters to attack this task force but only sends 39 bombers, while there are still a dozen ships left... that´s how it´s done... [8|] and then you lose 8 Hellcats to ops... [&o]
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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 14543 troops, 236 guns, 439 vehicles, Assault Value = 600
Defending force 4389 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Allied adjusted assault: 340
Japanese adjusted defense: 14
Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1444 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
VII US Amphib Force
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Naval Guard Unit
31st JAAF AF Bn
3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment
22nd JAAF AF Bn
3rd Fleet
63rd JNAF AF Unit /1
the troops that took Balikpapan shock attack across the river and take Samarinda on the first attempt...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 20
F6F-3 Hellcat x 156
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
16 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet *
I hate it... I really hate this stupidity!!! [8|]
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 30
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 50
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
hundreds of fighters are sent from our fighters to escort a strike against some merchants... 256 show up first because they all missed the bombers coming from the same carriers... these routines are just silly... noone can seriously think that this would be anywhere realistic, neither the fact that the fighters constantly fail to escort anything (no matter which alt, it just means nothing) nor the fact that it´s even sillier how the strikes look like... yeah, hundreds of fighters escorted a dozen bombers in real life... SURE!
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 39,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 10
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Liberator B.III x 15
Liberator B.VI x 30
B-24D1 Liberator x 74
B-29-1 Superfort x 78
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.III: 1 damaged
Refinery hits 39
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 28
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
we return to Port Arthur and now also target the refineries while the rest of the bombers keeps the airfield in wrecked state... the couple of Zeroes are LRCAP...
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 4 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 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 53 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Refinery hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Refinery hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Allied losses
Refinery hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 60
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31
Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 15, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Jinju Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
E W-28, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SC Ch 14, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
SC Ch 51
TK Noshiro Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Rokkosan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Peking Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Kyokuyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring SC Ch 15
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Jinju Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E W-28
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring SC Ch 14
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Noshiro Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Peking Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Kyokuyo Maru
so here´s the strike on the enemy tanker convoy... the strike routine decided that it´s worth it to send 316 fighters with 31 bombers, a 10:1 ratio... stupid or silly? I let you decide... in WITP you could prevent this by settng the fighter squdrons to 80% Cap or so, in AE now that fatigue skyrockets when you set your Cap to more than 40% this is no longer possible and you can also not tell them to mount reasonable strikes so you just gotta live with it... your fighters fly out in ridicoulos numbers while your carriers can end up being attacked by the enemy with only a meager cover compared to what would be available...
so either you give the player the chance to give order what the aircraft should do or if the player can´t influence it (of course I can stand down everything - now that would be a smart idea) then provide a better working routine... not asking for a perfect result, but that´s not even acceptable like it is now... [8|] Rainer has already suffered for it when nearly 50% of his fighters escorted 9 bombers to attack a couple of barges while bombs from my LBA rained down on his carriers and it can happen to everyone everytime... and setting Cap to 80% is not an option at all because you end up with insane fatigue after two days...
the reason for this strike is that my fleet has set course to bring lots of troops to Kudat that was taken by my paras, combat units will then march to Jesselton and take the place against meager opposition... Jesselton will be built up to level 9 and USN long range bombers will rule the South China Sea from Jesselton and Saigon... of course there will still be ships slipping through but if bigger convoys are spotted and don´t get attacked by the long range bombers then we can still do what we are doing today, sending out the carriers as they can reach every spot in the South China Sea within two days so nothing is save for the enemy... the convoys bringing in troops are in the Tawi Tawi area at the moment, KB is still sitting at Manila, expected to bail out and head North (North East) as my carrier fleet is pretty close by and absolutely superior to KB...
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 26
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet *
attempt to catch my LRCAP...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 100
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x Corsair II sweeping at 15000 feet *
what is stupid in the morning stays as stupid in the afternoon... yeah, it is working very well indeed... and no critism accepted...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 70
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
20 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 10
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
TBF-1 Avenger x 18
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
E W-28, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
E Susuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Noshiro Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E W-28
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Noshiro Maru
316 fighters escorted 31 bombers in the morning, 210 escorted 18 bombers in the afternoon... both times a 10+:1 ratio... the routine is so silly to send more than 500 fighters to attack this task force but only sends 39 bombers, while there are still a dozen ships left... that´s how it´s done... [8|] and then you lose 8 Hellcats to ops... [&o]
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Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 14543 troops, 236 guns, 439 vehicles, Assault Value = 600
Defending force 4389 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Allied adjusted assault: 340
Japanese adjusted defense: 14
Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1444 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
VII US Amphib Force
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
24th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Naval Guard Unit
31st JAAF AF Bn
3rd Shipping Engineer Regiment
22nd JAAF AF Bn
3rd Fleet
63rd JNAF AF Unit /1
the troops that took Balikpapan shock attack across the river and take Samarinda on the first attempt...
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result of sending 500+ fighters to escort 49 bombers to an undefended target is 8 fighters lost to ops...[&o] now someone could argue the routine is smart and is modelling history very well because the tankers could have been misidentified with carriers... ok, how smart is the routine then in sending 49 instead of 800 bombers? Besides that, there were more than a dozen messages shown of tankers identified... no matter how far you go with abstractions, this fighter/bomber ratio is totally off... the fact that 80% of the bombers fail to escort and sweep instead is something I don´t even comment anymore, the way the game is now this can be even seen as ADVANTAGE! [X(] IMO every Admiral would be court martialed for sending 500+ fighters with 49 bombers when on the same time his fleet is in high danger of being attacked by enemy forces.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Now fasten your seat belts, the show is really starting now! [X(] Insane turn and absolutely unexpected to me!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 26, 44
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 26
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 126
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hellcat I: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
this wasn´t a real surprise as also yesterday we saw a sweep to Kudat... this turn one of my CVE TFs was sitting there covering two SAG and my big amphibious TF (made up by APA and LST) unloading troops there... despite being on a ceiling sweep the Zekes had a bad day ending up against all those Hellcats...
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3 [8|]
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 7
F6F-3 Hellcat x 115
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 35500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 42500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 40500 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 42500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
a lost fragment of the main sweep, nothing new I would say...
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during the search phase our carrier based Helldivers and the floatplanes from the battlewaggons and cruisers picked up the enemy closing in with the whole fleet! Droves of search aircraft were shot down during the search phase (guess we´ve lost more than two dozen aircraft over the enemy fleet during the search phase [8|]). When the enemy was picked up the carriers were reported being six hexes from our carriers and this meant perfect strike range as the Helldivers would attack with one 1000lb bomb plus two 250lb bombs while the TBF and TBM would attack with torps (most of the bombers were set to carry torps). Our carriers were set to 0 react and staid in place and to my total surprise the enemy carriers all reacted one hex to then end up 5 hexes away from my carriers! Woohoo, this is going to be the endgame I´ve thought...
And the Allied carrier fleet is the one to strike first!
Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Clear sky [X(][X(]
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 52 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 111 [X(]
A6M5b Zero x 31 [X(]
Allied aircraft
Barracuda II x 13
Corsair II x 31
F6F-3 Hellcat x 350
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 367
TBF-1 Avenger x 296
TBM-1C Avenger x 62
holy crap, our carriers launch a combined mega strike of no less than 1119 aircraft, this time the fighter/bomber ratio being 1:2. We´ve got four CV TFs plus one CVE TF in the hex and all seem to have launched their aircraft at once, this is the biggest carrier strike I´ve ever seen. All time record in this PBEM was the 500+ strike from KB in our first carrier engagement that knocked out a CV, halve a dozen CVE plus several BB 500 miles North West of Port Moresby. But this strike tops everything. And the first thing to notice was clear sky over the target, this is going to be a whipeout, there can´t be anything that stops my aircraft from whiping the floor with the enemy, something I was sure about before the first aircraft was shot down. This has to be all of KB but we only meet 142 enemy fighters on Cap. This can´t go wrong!
As a sidenote, we of course had lots of "bombers unable to locate target" etc. messages but that didn´t really matter at all when such a strike shows up over the target.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 26, 44
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 26
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 126
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hellcat I: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
this wasn´t a real surprise as also yesterday we saw a sweep to Kudat... this turn one of my CVE TFs was sitting there covering two SAG and my big amphibious TF (made up by APA and LST) unloading troops there... despite being on a ceiling sweep the Zekes had a bad day ending up against all those Hellcats...
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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 41,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3 [8|]
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 7
F6F-3 Hellcat x 115
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 35500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 42500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 40500 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 39500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38500 and 42500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
a lost fragment of the main sweep, nothing new I would say...
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during the search phase our carrier based Helldivers and the floatplanes from the battlewaggons and cruisers picked up the enemy closing in with the whole fleet! Droves of search aircraft were shot down during the search phase (guess we´ve lost more than two dozen aircraft over the enemy fleet during the search phase [8|]). When the enemy was picked up the carriers were reported being six hexes from our carriers and this meant perfect strike range as the Helldivers would attack with one 1000lb bomb plus two 250lb bombs while the TBF and TBM would attack with torps (most of the bombers were set to carry torps). Our carriers were set to 0 react and staid in place and to my total surprise the enemy carriers all reacted one hex to then end up 5 hexes away from my carriers! Woohoo, this is going to be the endgame I´ve thought...
And the Allied carrier fleet is the one to strike first!
Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Clear sky [X(][X(]
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 52 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 111 [X(]
A6M5b Zero x 31 [X(]
Allied aircraft
Barracuda II x 13
Corsair II x 31
F6F-3 Hellcat x 350
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 367
TBF-1 Avenger x 296
TBM-1C Avenger x 62
holy crap, our carriers launch a combined mega strike of no less than 1119 aircraft, this time the fighter/bomber ratio being 1:2. We´ve got four CV TFs plus one CVE TF in the hex and all seem to have launched their aircraft at once, this is the biggest carrier strike I´ve ever seen. All time record in this PBEM was the 500+ strike from KB in our first carrier engagement that knocked out a CV, halve a dozen CVE plus several BB 500 miles North West of Port Moresby. But this strike tops everything. And the first thing to notice was clear sky over the target, this is going to be a whipeout, there can´t be anything that stops my aircraft from whiping the floor with the enemy, something I was sure about before the first aircraft was shot down. This has to be all of KB but we only meet 142 enemy fighters on Cap. This can´t go wrong!
As a sidenote, we of course had lots of "bombers unable to locate target" etc. messages but that didn´t really matter at all when such a strike shows up over the target.
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Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 8 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Barracuda II: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Corsair II: 2 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 21 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 5 destroyed, 25 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 9 destroyed, 24 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
a fierce fight over KB starts and despite having three times more fighters on escort than the enemy got on Cap, the Hellcats were pretty much shot up as they could not hold their own against the enemy Zekes getting the never ending dive (this again just made me wonder how 140 Zekes could get the dive against 350 Hellcats for the whole duration of the engagement). Not a single message of a Hellcat diving on a Zeke showed up, not even one. But all this of course didn´t count, even if we would have lost twice the number of fighters. Outnumbering the Cap nearly 3:1 also didn´t really help in keeping the enemy from attacking the bombers but only two dozen were shot down in the end. Then it was time to watch the bombers close in on the enemy carrier fleet... [8D] lean back and watch the massacre was my thought at this stage...
Japanese Ships
CVE Shinyo, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CVL Nisshin, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CV Unryu, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CVL Mizuho, Bomb hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CV Taiho, Bomb hits 33, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CVL Ryuho, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Nowaki, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 12, and is sunk
DD Hatsushima, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Samidare, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk
DD Tadeshiwa, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
CVL Chiyoda, Bomb hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Okinami, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
DD Hayanami, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hagikaze, Bomb hits 13, and is sunk
DD Aogumo, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
DD Katsutade, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Asashimo
CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kinu
DD Kiyonami
we were facing Cap from 20 enemy carriers of all classes so when looking at what was attacked by this mega strike it appears to have been two enemy carrier TFs, the lower value ones I would say, as there were also the Zuikaku, Shokaku with other fleet carriers in the hex. Taking out the Taiho of course was a big prize, despite my auto sig. [:D] Bomb after bomb slammed into the enemy ships, the Helldivers are doing the job here, the torpedo bombers are insanly... B A D... [8|] 12 torpedo hits in the end out of 272 torpedoes dropped... 4.41% hit rate is not impressing, especially when you see dozens of torpedoes missing ships that already have suffered so many 1000lb bombs that they´re nothing else than floating wrecks. This again reminds me about how uber Japanese torpedo attacks are compared to US ones, the reason for it is beyond me, perhaps the MK13 has got so terrible stats compared to the Japanese 18 inch torp. All those torp bombers carrying torps had a torp skill of 70 and I´m sure pilots´s skill are treated the same for both sides. So what´s the deal with US torp attacks? After this first strike I´ve thought it wouldn´t really matter anymore in this game as this event here already decided the fate of the enemy IMO, for future campaigns I´m strictly using 80% of my torpedo bombers for attacks with bombs as they tend to hit far more carrying bombs. And one of the big steps forward compared to WITP is the fact that bombs now also really harm enemy BB, even if they don´t penetrate the BB´s armor, enough bomb hits is going to rack up sys quickly, sys together with fire is a killer, even with low flt damage.
Needless to say that at this point I was already cheering in front of my PC (with the girl friend shaking head behind me on the sofa [:D])...
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
17 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
16 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
14 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
19 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
16 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
14 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
19 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
11 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
11 x Barracuda II launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
7 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
4 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
7 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
7 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
9 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
23 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
9 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
14 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
Ryuho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Nisshin
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Junyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Ryuho
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Taiho
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Zuiho
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Unryu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Okinami
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Mizuho
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese PG
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Aogumo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Samidare
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hagikaze
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Shinyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Nowaki
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVL Chiyoda
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Abukuma
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Katsutade
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Yubari
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hayanami
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Tadeshiwa
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 47
A6M5b Zero x 11
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 76
TBF-1 Avenger x 34
TBM-1C Avenger x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Katsutade, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
DD Nowaki, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
Hiryu-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 16000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
Junyo-1 with A6M5b Zero (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 between 16000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 between 14000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 38500 , scrambling fighters to 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 16000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
Zuiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Shinyo-1 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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
S-603 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Katsutade
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Nowaki
the 350 Hellcats of the first wave were only able to reduce the Cap by around 50% (and this only with Zekes running out of fuel, ammo or having technical breakdowns) so the next wave to show up still encountered 58 enemy fighters but that´s nothing in terms of the numbers we´re speaking at this stage of the war... the Hellcats did better this time, the dive at least ended for the Zekes at some point to end in a pretty even matched fight in the end... we attacked the same carrier TFs again but fail to locate any carriers as they´ve all went down already so the bombers attacked two DDs an sink them...
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 79
P-38J Lightning x 67
P-51B Mustang x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 48
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 13 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 30
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 75
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
[X(][X(][X(] airfield attack? So where´s KB´s counterstrike?
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 12
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 12
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th JNAF Coy , at 82,82 (Legaspi)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 100
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
375 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th JNAF Coy , at 82,82 (Legaspi)
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 44
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 9
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
No Allied losses
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Pontianak , at 56,90
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 58
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 6 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 120
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Pontianak , at 56,90
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-57-II Topsy: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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strike after strike was launched from my airfields against enemy land targets and still no sign of KB´s bombers and the hundreds of enemy fighters that still have to be somewhere... or have they all been destroyed aboard the enemy´s carriers?
to be continued as I have to head out now... [:D]
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
All I can say is "Wow!" both to the initial strike size and the subsequent arse kicking.
I wonder if he fubared his orders.
I wonder if he fubared his orders.
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
the torpedo bombers are insanly... B A D... [8|] 12 torpedo hits in the end out of 272 torpedoes dropped... 4.41% hit rate is not impressing, especially when you see dozens of torpedoes missing ships that already have suffered so many 1000lb bombs that they´re nothing else than floating wrecks. This again reminds me about how uber Japanese torpedo attacks are compared to US ones, the reason for it is beyond me, perhaps the MK13 has got so terrible stats compared to the Japanese 18 inch torp. All those torp bombers carrying torps had a torp skill of 70 and I´m sure pilots´s skill are treated the same for both sides. So what´s the deal with US torp attacks?
Well, looking at the stats you've got differences in range (6000ft for the Mk. 13 vs 2000ft for the Type 91), accuracy (33 / 43) and dud rate (50 / 10; however, by 1944 the 50 will have been modified down to 10).
So, it's presumably either range or accuracy. I don't know what the numbers would have looked like if you'd been carrying T-91s. I do wonder whether the longer range on the Mk. 13 leads to it being dropped earlier (trading a lower hit rate for presumably lower flak losses?) but it's nothing more than a guess.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
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the torpedo bombers are insanly... B A D... [8|] 12 torpedo hits in the end out of 272 torpedoes dropped... 4.41% hit rate is not impressing, especially when you see dozens of torpedoes missing ships that already have suffered so many 1000lb bombs that they´re nothing else than floating wrecks. This again reminds me about how uber Japanese torpedo attacks are compared to US ones, the reason for it is beyond me, perhaps the MK13 has got so terrible stats compared to the Japanese 18 inch torp. All those torp bombers carrying torps had a torp skill of 70 and I´m sure pilots´s skill are treated the same for both sides. So what´s the deal with US torp attacks?
Well, looking at the stats you've got differences in range (6000ft for the Mk. 13 vs 2000ft for the Type 91), accuracy (33 / 43) and dud rate (50 / 10; however, by 1944 the 50 will have been modified down to 10).
So, it's presumably either range or accuracy. I don't know what the numbers would have looked like if you'd been carrying T-91s. I do wonder whether the longer range on the Mk. 13 leads to it being dropped earlier (trading a lower hit rate for presumably lower flak losses?) but it's nothing more than a guess.
thanks for the info, guess it´s the accuracy then. Don´t notice any less flak against the torpedo bombers so it doesn´t seem the torps are dropped at three times the range the IJN drops theirs, though flak doesn´t seem to exist anyway. Even when we field the same skilled pilots we hardly get 25% of the hits the IJN land and carrier based super torpedo bombers achieve, no matter what date in the war.
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had no time lately to update the AAR but here we go again... here comes the IJN counterstrike...
Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 69,84
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 122
A6M5b Zero x 52
B6N1 Jill x 52
B6N2 Jill x 76
D4Y1 Judy x 53
D4Y2 Judy x 13
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 47
F6F-3 Hellcat x 519
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 16 destroyed, 14 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 24 destroyed, 14 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 21 destroyed, 12 damaged
D4Y2 Judy: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 4 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
KB sends a meager strike against our carrier fleet but due to the fact that we didn´t expect the enemy to show up with his carriers we had a not so great Cap/escort ratio as we had the Cap ratio too low for our needs and at least two times too many Hellcats were escorting our main strike that only had to face 150 enemy fighters on Cap... seeing this strike, 66 min pre warning time and still 566 available fighters on Cap I was pretty confident though... clear sky was bad news though... I don´t know if the enemy failed to escort again and ended up on a ceiling sweep, I guess so because our fighters suffered initially from diving Zekes [8|]... even though we outnumbered the enemy Cap 3:1 with our escorts, no a single Hellcat had the dive... thank god this was over quite soon, as was the fight against the enemy escorts and our fighters turned to attack the bombers... what really has been frightening during the replay was the fact that we started with only a couple of dozens fighters and the rest was only trickling in small packages of four fighters now and then... in total the replay never showed more than 150 fighters actually fighting vs the enemy [X(]... that was quite shocking and my face turned into [:@] as my 550+ fighters weren´t able to do much more than the enemy´s 150 on Cap despite having a 66 minute pre warning time... god damn, what were these fighters doing? my presentiment proved to become true when the replay switched over to bombing runs and exactly one hundred bombers were dropping their torpedoes and bombs... 100 enemy bombers in clear sky would mean bad news I thought...
Allied Ships
CVE Tulagi, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Anzio
CVE Natoma Bay
CVE Suwannee, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Yorktown
CV Illustrious
CVL Bataan
CV Miami
CV Boston
CVE Hoggatt Bay
CVE Gambier Bay
CVE Fanshaw Bay
CVE Ranee, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVE Nehenta Bay, Torpedo hits 1
CVE Battler, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
BB Iowa, Bomb hits 1
CVE Kasaan Bay, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
CVE Santee, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CVL San Jacinto, Torpedo hits 2 (one FOW)
it took quite some painful minutes to watch this attack and even though also one of our fleet carrier TFs shows up here, around 85% of the bombers were attacking our slow CVEs... British CVE Battler was sunk with quite some Corsairs aboad while the other CVE that were hit are all still afloat... the CVE TF had a flak value of 5000+ but that didn´t mean much, the CV TFs got flak values around 12000 but I guess they also would be pretty much helpless if they would be targetted by lots of bombers, their higher speed probably would be more of an advantage over the CVE TFs than bristling with flak guns... if that´s the main strike then this is going to be a major victory for the USN but the day has just yet started... one thing is clear already, our Cap performance is going to be disappointing... the best thing against torpedo bombers is them attacking from bad directions, if the ships show their broadsides then they´re usually hit though...
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
6 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
2 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
3 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
5 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
4 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
2 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Tulagi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Santee
Morning Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 69,84
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 122
A6M5b Zero x 52
B6N1 Jill x 52
B6N2 Jill x 76
D4Y1 Judy x 53
D4Y2 Judy x 13
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 47
F6F-3 Hellcat x 519
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 16 destroyed, 14 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 24 destroyed, 14 damaged
D4Y1 Judy: 21 destroyed, 12 damaged
D4Y2 Judy: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 4 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
KB sends a meager strike against our carrier fleet but due to the fact that we didn´t expect the enemy to show up with his carriers we had a not so great Cap/escort ratio as we had the Cap ratio too low for our needs and at least two times too many Hellcats were escorting our main strike that only had to face 150 enemy fighters on Cap... seeing this strike, 66 min pre warning time and still 566 available fighters on Cap I was pretty confident though... clear sky was bad news though... I don´t know if the enemy failed to escort again and ended up on a ceiling sweep, I guess so because our fighters suffered initially from diving Zekes [8|]... even though we outnumbered the enemy Cap 3:1 with our escorts, no a single Hellcat had the dive... thank god this was over quite soon, as was the fight against the enemy escorts and our fighters turned to attack the bombers... what really has been frightening during the replay was the fact that we started with only a couple of dozens fighters and the rest was only trickling in small packages of four fighters now and then... in total the replay never showed more than 150 fighters actually fighting vs the enemy [X(]... that was quite shocking and my face turned into [:@] as my 550+ fighters weren´t able to do much more than the enemy´s 150 on Cap despite having a 66 minute pre warning time... god damn, what were these fighters doing? my presentiment proved to become true when the replay switched over to bombing runs and exactly one hundred bombers were dropping their torpedoes and bombs... 100 enemy bombers in clear sky would mean bad news I thought...
Allied Ships
CVE Tulagi, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Manila Bay, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVE Anzio
CVE Natoma Bay
CVE Suwannee, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CV Yorktown
CV Illustrious
CVL Bataan
CV Miami
CV Boston
CVE Hoggatt Bay
CVE Gambier Bay
CVE Fanshaw Bay
CVE Ranee, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CVE Nehenta Bay, Torpedo hits 1
CVE Battler, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
BB Iowa, Bomb hits 1
CVE Kasaan Bay, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
CVE Santee, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CVL San Jacinto, Torpedo hits 2 (one FOW)
it took quite some painful minutes to watch this attack and even though also one of our fleet carrier TFs shows up here, around 85% of the bombers were attacking our slow CVEs... British CVE Battler was sunk with quite some Corsairs aboad while the other CVE that were hit are all still afloat... the CVE TF had a flak value of 5000+ but that didn´t mean much, the CV TFs got flak values around 12000 but I guess they also would be pretty much helpless if they would be targetted by lots of bombers, their higher speed probably would be more of an advantage over the CVE TFs than bristling with flak guns... if that´s the main strike then this is going to be a major victory for the USN but the day has just yet started... one thing is clear already, our Cap performance is going to be disappointing... the best thing against torpedo bombers is them attacking from bad directions, if the ships show their broadsides then they´re usually hit though...
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
6 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
7 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
8 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
1 x B6N1 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x B6N2 Jill bombing from 26000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
2 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
3 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
3 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
9 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
5 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
4 x B6N2 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y2 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
2 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Tulagi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Santee
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kudat at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 42
B6N1 Jill x 25
D4Y2 Judy x 13
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 7
F6F-3 Hellcat x 114
then the enemy sends a strike to attack our CVE TF covering the amphib TFs at Kudat unloading the troops there... splitting up the enemy´s strikes of course offers a big advantage and what is coming in here can be handled by our Cap that gets the dive from the first until the last moment in this engagement... first the escort were shred and then the Hellcats turned onto the bombers to take them out until the last enemy aircraft... now that was impressing...
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 14 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 15 destroyed
D4Y2 Judy: 7 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 37500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38800 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kudat at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11
B6N2 Jill x 6
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 86
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 37500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
the IJN really isn´t lucky with strike coordination today, probably too many high value targets screwed it up, even though the enemy nearly exclusively tried to attack our CVE TFs which are the easiest ones to attack so that shouldn´t be called bad luck... the CVE and amphib TFs were the preferred targets in the past for the enemy so he probably won´t complain about the targetting, the outcome of course already is a disaster this time... also this small strike is completely whiped out...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
A6M5b Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 destroyed
CAP engaged:
452 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Junyo-1 with A6M5b 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 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
Zuiho-1 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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (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 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
Taiyo-1 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 13000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
Unyo-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 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
enemy Cap was reduced by our main strike but the 380 escorting fighters weren´t able to completely knock out the 150 defending fighters so the squadrons that followed unescorted were shred... no single engined aircraft got any effect in terms of defensive fire of their rear gunner, no matter if Japanese or Allied, you could also mod these gun mounts out and increase the top speed of the bombers a bit, the gun mounts just got no effect, not even against Japanese paper fighters...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
A6M5b Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
Avenger II x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Avenger II: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Avenger II launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M5b 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 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Zuiho-1 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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
Unryu-1 with A6M5b 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 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
this strike came in alone too with four Brit Avengers making it through Cap when the launched their torps against an already sunk target... [&:] that´s it for the morning and it already turns out to become a major Allied victory, it seems to be the decisive battle but it´s going to be a decisive Japanese defeat...
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 42
B6N1 Jill x 25
D4Y2 Judy x 13
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 7
F6F-3 Hellcat x 114
then the enemy sends a strike to attack our CVE TF covering the amphib TFs at Kudat unloading the troops there... splitting up the enemy´s strikes of course offers a big advantage and what is coming in here can be handled by our Cap that gets the dive from the first until the last moment in this engagement... first the escort were shred and then the Hellcats turned onto the bombers to take them out until the last enemy aircraft... now that was impressing...
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 14 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 15 destroyed
D4Y2 Judy: 7 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 37500 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 37500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 38800 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 41500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kudat at 69,86
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11
B6N2 Jill x 6
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 86
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 4 destroyed
CAP engaged:
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 37500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
the IJN really isn´t lucky with strike coordination today, probably too many high value targets screwed it up, even though the enemy nearly exclusively tried to attack our CVE TFs which are the easiest ones to attack so that shouldn´t be called bad luck... the CVE and amphib TFs were the preferred targets in the past for the enemy so he probably won´t complain about the targetting, the outcome of course already is a disaster this time... also this small strike is completely whiped out...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
A6M5b Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 6 destroyed
CAP engaged:
452 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 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Junyo-1 with A6M5b 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 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
Zuiho-1 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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (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 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
Taiyo-1 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 13000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
Unyo-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 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (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 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Shinyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
enemy Cap was reduced by our main strike but the 380 escorting fighters weren´t able to completely knock out the 150 defending fighters so the squadrons that followed unescorted were shred... no single engined aircraft got any effect in terms of defensive fire of their rear gunner, no matter if Japanese or Allied, you could also mod these gun mounts out and increase the top speed of the bombers a bit, the gun mounts just got no effect, not even against Japanese paper fighters...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 20
A6M5b Zero x 2
Allied aircraft
Avenger II x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Avenger II: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Avenger II launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
CAP engaged:
452 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
261 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Taiho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M5b 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 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Raid is overhead
Zuiho-1 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 16000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
Unryu-1 with A6M5b 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 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Raid is overhead
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
this strike came in alone too with four Brit Avengers making it through Cap when the launched their torps against an already sunk target... [&:] that´s it for the morning and it already turns out to become a major Allied victory, it seems to be the decisive battle but it´s going to be a decisive Japanese defeat...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 52 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 42 [:D]
A6M5b Zero x 22 [:D]
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 13
F6F-3 Hellcat x 271
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 291
TBF-1 Avenger x 197
TBM-1C Avenger x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 8 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
here we go with the first afternoon strike, the Allied are attacking first again... while around 400 aircraft less than our mega strike in the morning, we again launch a massive strike against at least two enemy carrier task forces... Cap over the enemy was laughable at that point but while outnumbered 5:1 in fighters, the enemy again had the never ending dive and took out some two dozen Hellcats plus a dozen of bombers for only 5 Zekes lost... we clearly win in numbers but in 1:1 performance the Japanese outperform us at least 3:1 which is more than amazing considering vastly superior material on our side plus 70 skilled pilots (the enemy probably still fields 50% of the elite fighter pilots he started the war with which could explain the performance)... Cap over KB wasn´t a factor at this point, bad weather was reported though which seems the only thing hindering our attack runs... with over 500 bombers attacking and a massive blow in the morning what could go wrong at this stage...
Japanese Ships
CVE Chuyo, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires
CVE Kaiyo, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Agano, Bomb hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hatsuharu
CL Noshiro, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
DD Nenohi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Akizuki
DD Hatsuzuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Yahagi, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Fujinami, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Susuzuki
CL Ninaru
CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Teruzuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Tamanami
DD Onami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Teshio, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Suzunami, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
the Helldivers were again doing the work, 250 highly skilled torpedo bombers (some bombing though) manage to achieve 3 laughable torp hits on already sinking ships... due to the weather and the fact that more than one third of the bombers were attacking enemy destroyers for whatever reason it wasn´t as much a massacre as in the morning but I expect another 2 CV and 4 CVE to be lost with more ships being damaged... as it stands now, it is going to turn out to be a major Japanese disaster... a pity we miss to catch the Zuikaku and her sister Shokaku TF with one of the main strikes...
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
17 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
17 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
20 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
16 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
19 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
16 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
17 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Hiryu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Soryu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Taiyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Agano
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Hosho
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Fujinami
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CVL
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Unyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Noshiro
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Kaiyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Chuyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Yahagi
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
A6M5b Zero x 11
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 9
F6F-3 Hellcat x 77
TBF-1 Avenger x 21
TBM-1C Avenger x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hatsuzuki, on fire
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Agano, and is sunk
DD Hatsuharu
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Soryu-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 16000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5b Zero (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 38500 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
Kaiyo-1 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 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CVL
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Soryu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Hiryu
a small follow on strike completes the work on CVL Ryujo while Hiryu and Soryu were in sinking condition anyway... in bombing mode the TBF/TBM are far better than attacking with torps as this attack proves again, I am going to use halve of them with bombs in future, I doubt we will have a lot of anti shipping strikes in this game in future though...
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 52 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 42 [:D]
A6M5b Zero x 22 [:D]
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 13
F6F-3 Hellcat x 271
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 291
TBF-1 Avenger x 197
TBM-1C Avenger x 44
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 8 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 22 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
here we go with the first afternoon strike, the Allied are attacking first again... while around 400 aircraft less than our mega strike in the morning, we again launch a massive strike against at least two enemy carrier task forces... Cap over the enemy was laughable at that point but while outnumbered 5:1 in fighters, the enemy again had the never ending dive and took out some two dozen Hellcats plus a dozen of bombers for only 5 Zekes lost... we clearly win in numbers but in 1:1 performance the Japanese outperform us at least 3:1 which is more than amazing considering vastly superior material on our side plus 70 skilled pilots (the enemy probably still fields 50% of the elite fighter pilots he started the war with which could explain the performance)... Cap over KB wasn´t a factor at this point, bad weather was reported though which seems the only thing hindering our attack runs... with over 500 bombers attacking and a massive blow in the morning what could go wrong at this stage...
Japanese Ships
CVE Chuyo, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires
CVE Kaiyo, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Agano, Bomb hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hatsuharu
CL Noshiro, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
DD Nenohi, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CVE Unyo, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Akizuki
DD Hatsuzuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Yahagi, Bomb hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Fujinami, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Susuzuki
CL Ninaru
CL Tokachi, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Teruzuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Tamanami
DD Onami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Teshio, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Suzunami, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
the Helldivers were again doing the work, 250 highly skilled torpedo bombers (some bombing though) manage to achieve 3 laughable torp hits on already sinking ships... due to the weather and the fact that more than one third of the bombers were attacking enemy destroyers for whatever reason it wasn´t as much a massacre as in the morning but I expect another 2 CV and 4 CVE to be lost with more ships being damaged... as it stands now, it is going to turn out to be a major Japanese disaster... a pity we miss to catch the Zuikaku and her sister Shokaku TF with one of the main strikes...
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
17 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
15 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
17 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
20 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
6 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
18 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
9 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
8 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
5 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
16 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
19 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
10 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
2 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 15000 feet
16 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
17 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Soryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Unyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Kaiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Hiryu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Soryu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Taiyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Agano
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Hosho
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Fujinami
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CVL
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Unyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Tokachi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Noshiro
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Kaiyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CVE Chuyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Yahagi
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 71,79
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
A6M5b Zero x 11
Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 9
F6F-3 Hellcat x 77
TBF-1 Avenger x 21
TBM-1C Avenger x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hatsuzuki, on fire
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Agano, and is sunk
DD Hatsuharu
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
1 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Soryu-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 16000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5b Zero (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 38500 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
Taiyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
Kaiyo-1 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 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Japanese CVL
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Soryu
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Hiryu
a small follow on strike completes the work on CVL Ryujo while Hiryu and Soryu were in sinking condition anyway... in bombing mode the TBF/TBM are far better than attacking with torps as this attack proves again, I am going to use halve of them with bombs in future, I doubt we will have a lot of anti shipping strikes in this game in future though...
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