AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:30 pm

Haven´t had enough time lately to go on with the AAR, hope to catch up normal pace soon again...

so here´s the rest of the carrier clash, it´s time for the IJN´s final counter strike in the afternoon...

Afternoon 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 24
A6M5b Zero x 27
B6N1 Jill x 34
B6N2 Jill x 33

Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 11
F6F-3 Hellcat x 114

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 16 destroyed, 2 damaged
B6N2 Jill: 17 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hellcat I: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVE Barnes
CVE Kalinin Bay
CVE Begum

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x B6N1 Jill launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 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 27000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 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 to 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 21000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
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 21000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
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 15000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers

just like in the morning, parts of KB´s strike aircraft attack our CVE TF at Kudat and just like in the morning, the 125 fighters there perform better than the hundreds of fighters of our main CV fleet further North... the incoming strike is completely shot up, never ending dive against the escorts and all but three bombers shot down by the Cap... the CVE´s Cap at Kudat nearly performed WITP like, while the Cap over the main fleet acted AE like... engagements in both hexes seem reasonable to me while the one like this one above is pretty near the edge... what I found off was the absolutely inability of 70 torp skilled USN torpedo bombers to achieve torp hits on ships in sinking condition and the fact that 150 Zekes get the never ending dive against 2.5 times more Hellcats on escort with the Hellcats losing 5:1... this isn´t reasonable to me, while explainable in the game: the stupid never ending dive... in total, I would rate the whole carrier engagement as playing out far better than WITP though, so I shouldn´t complain about the whole in this case... in WITP, I guess my Cap would have been 100% bullet prove, which is as stupid (or even more) than the never ending dive...

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Afternoon 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 11
B6N2 Jill x 24

Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 14 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-65 with F6F-3 Hellcat (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-5 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 10000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-4F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-6F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
14 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-7F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-2F with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers

another wave attacking the CVEs at Kudat but the Cap is doing it´s job again...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balabac at 69,84

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 66 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 30
A6M5b Zero x 11
B6N1 Jill x 15
B6N2 Jill x 37
D4Y1 Judy x 14

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 21
F6F-3 Hellcat x 441

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 8 destroyed
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
B6N1 Jill: 8 destroyed
B6N2 Jill: 22 destroyed
D4Y1 Judy: 7 destroyed

CAP engaged:
No.834 Sqn-FF-1 FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
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 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 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 63 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 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 60 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 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 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
23 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 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 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 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 49 minutes
22 planes vectored on to bombers
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 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
11 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 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
22 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 13 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 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
19 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-22 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 20000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-23 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 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-25 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 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 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 28000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 1 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 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 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 29000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers

and to end this insane turn, here´s the last wave that attacks our main fleet North of Kudat... the strike gets completely whiped out as the fighter coordination immediately sent more fighters towards the bombers than there were bombers to shoot down...

what a turn... [8D]

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:05 pm

so let´s have a look at what happened today, together with the info I received from Rainer the "why" this happened is pretty clear. Like he has tried earlier, he wanted to take advantage of the Japanese 8 hex strike ability to move in, launch a strike, clobber our CVE or amphib fleet while staying 1 hex outside of our carrier fleet´s strike range... but three things apparently went wrong this time:

a) while I always staid one hex off the CVE and amphib fleet with all the fleet carriers, this time I had two hex distance as I didn´t fear any LBA strikes that could only aim at the "invasion hex" (without using patrol aircraft to spot the CV fleet) because this time the "invasion hex" was my own base, which leads to... even if you become predictable by going with the same "routines" all the time, the moment you do something different can become a really nasty surprise for the enemy...

b) I guess Rainer thought I would go directly for Jesselton with the ampib TF because when you look at the screenshots, the IJN BB fleet (and therefore the carriers too) were ordered to a position eight hexes NE of Jesselton...

c) as the third screw up today was the enemy fleet´s nav search spotting my carriers and KB reacting one hex towards them

so these three things went wrong today and led to a 100% disaster for the IJN as we top any real life carrier engagement in both numbers involved and numbers of carriers sunk in one battle... while I mentioned it quite a couple of times that the time when the Japanese should have tried their decisive battle seems to long have passed, having had KB intact always meant a threat to everything that I wouldn´t escort with our mightly fleet outside our powerful LBA... and the next chance to use KB would have been when we attack the Philipines to land on the main island when there are several huge airfields around Manila that could be filled up with 2000 enemy aircraft to be released, followed by KB on day two or even better day three (one problem with this plan of course would be our tactic to never unload longer than one day in a threatened area)... but using KB in this area where Japanese LBA plays no role at all (Brunei and Miri are trashed) and misinterpreting our move of course has to lead to a massacre, no matter how much good or bad luck either side has because we just had by far too many carriers to see a positive outcome for the Japanese...

here are the air losses:

while the Allied losses are not affected (?) by FOW (guess I should get the exact losses?) the Japanese are and I doubt they have lost that many aircraft. My estimation would be something like 500 aircraft destroyed at a ratio of 2:1 bombers/fighters, so probably many elite fighter pilots the Japanese start with are still alive... they lost their carriers though... [;)] if we leave FOW aside, then the enemy has lost 180+ Zekes while we have lost 150+ Hellcats/Corsairs which dramatically displays the unparity in fighter performance today, mostly happening due to our first mega strike against KB when our 350+ fighters were chopped to pieces by some 150+ enemy fighters on Cap which is something I fail to understand (except the routine being off here - due to the mega penalty escorts get and the mega advantage the dive gets)... outnumbering the enemy fighters around 5:1 in total today, having nearly a 1:1 loss rate is depressing, considering us having superior aircraft and pilots trained to the max... We have lost around four dozen 70 skilled fighter pilots but very few bomber pilots of escorted strikes... the unescorted piece meal strikes were shot down in droves, even by a meager Cap and those of course suffered horrendous pilot losses too... horrendous due to the reason that it takes S I X months to train a carrier based torpedo bomber pilot (3 months to each 70 navbomb, another 3 months to reach 70 torp)... in comparison, the Helldiver pilots only need 3 months as navbomb is all they need... if you then watch hundreds of torp bombers missing ships that are lying dead in the water you can only start to cry as this just can´t be right when on the other hand a handful of Betties, Nells, Francis, Kate, Jills or whatever other IJNAF torp bomber put holes in your ships at nearly all ocassions, with the IJN torp being so much superior probably the only reason for this as our pilots are just as trained as all the IJNAF pilots (except the elite pilots they get at the start of course)... I would rate the Japanese torp bombers 3-4 times more effective than USN ones, therefore every follow on game will see my USN torp bombers being in level bombing mode at 6000ft mostly... in this game it doesn´t really matter much anymore because the enemy CV fleet is trashed... I´ve told Rainer that I estimate my carrier fleet strenght (without all my CVE) being 4 times stronger now than all CV, CVL, CVE together that are left for his Navy and got the reply that he still has 6 "carriers" so still something to be reckoned with... we completely missed Shokaku, Zuikaku in the engagement, Akagi and Kaga probably still are in a shipyard in Japan which leaves another two carriers of unknown class, perhaps an Unryu and another CVL somewhere... for sure, the enemy won´t field more than 400 carrier based aircraft if he´s able to bring all his carriers together and such a force isn´t even a real threat to two of my CVE TFs (2x13 CVE) as such a CVE group is going to field around 500 fighters...

crsutton · Post by **crsutton** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:23 pm

ORIGINAL: castor troy

so let´s have a look at what happened today, together with the info I received from Rainer the "why" this happened is pretty clear. Like he has tried earlier, he wanted to take advantage of the Japanese 8 hex strike ability to move in, launch a strike, clobber our CVE or amphib fleet while staying 1 hex outside of our carrier fleet´s strike range... but three things apparently went wrong this time:

a) while I always staid one hex off the CVE and amphib fleet with all the fleet carriers, this time I had two hex distance as I didn´t fear any LBA strikes that could only aim at the "invasion hex" (without using patrol aircraft to spot the CV fleet) because this time the "invasion hex" was my own base, which leads to... even if you become predictable by going with the same "routines" all the time, the moment you do something different can become a really nasty surprise for the enemy...

b) I guess Rainer thought I would go directly for Jesselton with the ampib TF because when you look at the screenshots, the IJN BB fleet (and therefore the carriers too) were ordered to a position eight hexes NE of Jesselton...

c) as the third screw up today was the enemy fleet´s nav search spotting my carriers and KB reacting one hex towards them

so these three things went wrong today and led to a 100% disaster for the IJN as we top any real life carrier engagement in both numbers involved and numbers of carriers sunk in one battle... while I mentioned it quite a couple of times that the time when the Japanese should have tried their decisive battle seems to long have passed, having had KB intact always meant a threat to everything that I wouldn´t escort with our mightly fleet outside our powerful LBA... and the next chance to use KB would have been when we attack the Philipines to land on the main island when there are several huge airfields around Manila that could be filled up with 2000 enemy aircraft to be released, followed by KB on day two or even better day three (one problem with this plan of course would be our tactic to never unload longer than one day in a threatened area)... but using KB in this area where Japanese LBA plays no role at all (Brunei and Miri are trashed) and misinterpreting our move of course has to lead to a massacre, no matter how much good or bad luck either side has because we just had by far too many carriers to see a positive outcome for the Japanese...

here are the air losses:

while the Allied losses are not affected (?) by FOW (guess I should get the exact losses?) the Japanese are and I doubt they have lost that many aircraft. My estimation would be something like 500 aircraft destroyed at a ratio of 2:1 bombers/fighters, so probably many elite fighter pilots the Japanese start with are still alive... they lost their carriers though... [;)] if we leave FOW aside, then the enemy has lost 180+ Zekes while we have lost 150+ Hellcats/Corsairs which dramatically displays the unparity in fighter performance today, mostly happening due to our first mega strike against KB when our 350+ fighters were chopped to pieces by some 150+ enemy fighters on Cap which is something I fail to understand (except the routine being off here - due to the mega penalty escorts get and the mega advantage the dive gets)... outnumbering the enemy fighters around 5:1 in total today, having nearly a 1:1 loss rate is depressing, considering us having superior aircraft and pilots trained to the max... We have lost around four dozen 70 skilled fighter pilots but very few bomber pilots of escorted strikes... the unescorted piece meal strikes were shot down in droves, even by a meager Cap and those of course suffered horrendous pilot losses too... horrendous due to the reason that it takes S I X months to train a carrier based torpedo bomber pilot (3 months to each 70 navbomb, another 3 months to reach 70 torp)... in comparison, the Helldiver pilots only need 3 months as navbomb is all they need... if you then watch hundreds of torp bombers missing ships that are lying dead in the water you can only start to cry as this just can´t be right when on the other hand a handful of Betties, Nells, Francis, Kate, Jills or whatever other IJNAF torp bomber put holes in your ships at nearly all ocassions, with the IJN torp being so much superior probably the only reason for this as our pilots are just as trained as all the IJNAF pilots (except the elite pilots they get at the start of course)... I would rate the Japanese torp bombers 3-4 times more effective than USN ones, therefore every follow on game will see my USN torp bombers being in level bombing mode at 6000ft mostly... in this game it doesn´t really matter much anymore because the enemy CV fleet is trashed... I´ve told Rainer that I estimate my carrier fleet strenght (without all my CVE) being 4 times stronger now than all CV, CVL, CVE together that are left for his Navy and got the reply that he still has 6 "carriers" so still something to be reckoned with... we completely missed Shokaku, Zuikaku in the engagement, Akagi and Kaga probably still are in a shipyard in Japan which leaves another two carriers of unknown class, perhaps an Unryu and another CVL somewhere... for sure, the enemy won´t field more than 400 carrier based aircraft if he´s able to bring all his carriers together and such a force isn´t even a real threat to two of my CVE TFs (2x13 CVE) as such a CVE group is going to field around 500 fighters...

Good analysis. It is a fine line holding KB back because there is some merit if forcing the Allied player to use mass and not split up operations. (A good reason why the Allies should not risk carriers in 42 as well) but there comes a certain point in the game where KB, no matter how strong becomes redundant. The Japanese player just can't wait forever because once that point is reached, KB is going to get smashed no matter the damaged dealt out to the Allies. Except in a unfavorable position, a good 8-10 Allied fleet carriers can probably fight and any untouched KB to a draw.

toselli · Post by **toselli** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:34 pm

ORIGINAL: castor troy

so let´s have a look at what happened today, together with the info I received from Rainer the "why" this happened is pretty clear. Like he has tried earlier, he wanted to take advantage of the Japanese 8 hex strike ability to move in, launch a strike, clobber our CVE or amphib fleet while staying 1 hex outside of our carrier fleet´s strike range... but three things apparently went wrong this time:

a) while I always staid one hex off the CVE and amphib fleet with all the fleet carriers, this time I had two hex distance as I didn´t fear any LBA strikes that could only aim at the "invasion hex" (without using patrol aircraft to spot the CV fleet) because this time the "invasion hex" was my own base, which leads to... even if you become predictable by going with the same "routines" all the time, the moment you do something different can become a really nasty surprise for the enemy...

b) I guess Rainer thought I would go directly for Jesselton with the ampib TF because when you look at the screenshots, the IJN BB fleet (and therefore the carriers too) were ordered to a position eight hexes NE of Jesselton...

c) as the third screw up today was the enemy fleet´s nav search spotting my carriers and KB reacting one hex towards them

so these three things went wrong today and led to a 100% disaster for the IJN as we top any real life carrier engagement in both numbers involved and numbers of carriers sunk in one battle... while I mentioned it quite a couple of times that the time when the Japanese should have tried their decisive battle seems to long have passed, having had KB intact always meant a threat to everything that I wouldn´t escort with our mightly fleet outside our powerful LBA... and the next chance to use KB would have been when we attack the Philipines to land on the main island when there are several huge airfields around Manila that could be filled up with 2000 enemy aircraft to be released, followed by KB on day two or even better day three (one problem with this plan of course would be our tactic to never unload longer than one day in a threatened area)... but using KB in this area where Japanese LBA plays no role at all (Brunei and Miri are trashed) and misinterpreting our move of course has to lead to a massacre, no matter how much good or bad luck either side has because we just had by far too many carriers to see a positive outcome for the Japanese...

here are the air losses:

while the Allied losses are not affected (?) by FOW (guess I should get the exact losses?) the Japanese are and I doubt they have lost that many aircraft. My estimation would be something like 500 aircraft destroyed at a ratio of 2:1 bombers/fighters, so probably many elite fighter pilots the Japanese start with are still alive... they lost their carriers though... [;)] if we leave FOW aside, then the enemy has lost 180+ Zekes while we have lost 150+ Hellcats/Corsairs which dramatically displays the unparity in fighter performance today, mostly happening due to our first mega strike against KB when our 350+ fighters were chopped to pieces by some 150+ enemy fighters on Cap which is something I fail to understand (except the routine being off here - due to the mega penalty escorts get and the mega advantage the dive gets)... outnumbering the enemy fighters around 5:1 in total today, having nearly a 1:1 loss rate is depressing, considering us having superior aircraft and pilots trained to the max... We have lost around four dozen 70 skilled fighter pilots but very few bomber pilots of escorted strikes... the unescorted piece meal strikes were shot down in droves, even by a meager Cap and those of course suffered horrendous pilot losses too... horrendous due to the reason that it takes S I X months to train a carrier based torpedo bomber pilot (3 months to each 70 navbomb, another 3 months to reach 70 torp)... in comparison, the Helldiver pilots only need 3 months as navbomb is all they need... if you then watch hundreds of torp bombers missing ships that are lying dead in the water you can only start to cry as this just can´t be right when on the other hand a handful of Betties, Nells, Francis, Kate, Jills or whatever other IJNAF torp bomber put holes in your ships at nearly all ocassions, with the IJN torp being so much superior probably the only reason for this as our pilots are just as trained as all the IJNAF pilots (except the elite pilots they get at the start of course)... I would rate the Japanese torp bombers 3-4 times more effective than USN ones, therefore every follow on game will see my USN torp bombers being in level bombing mode at 6000ft mostly... in this game it doesn´t really matter much anymore because the enemy CV fleet is trashed... I´ve told Rainer that I estimate my carrier fleet strenght (without all my CVE) being 4 times stronger now than all CV, CVL, CVE together that are left for his Navy and got the reply that he still has 6 "carriers" so still something to be reckoned with... we completely missed Shokaku, Zuikaku in the engagement, Akagi and Kaga probably still are in a shipyard in Japan which leaves another two carriers of unknown class, perhaps an Unryu and another CVL somewhere... for sure, the enemy won´t field more than 400 carrier based aircraft if he´s able to bring all his carriers together and such a force isn´t even a real threat to two of my CVE TFs (2x13 CVE) as such a CVE group is going to field around 500 fighters...

Castor,

just a small comment on plane losses. The numbers you see divided by model are affected by FOW, but the total number you see in the intel report and on the right side of the screen (611 planes for Japan) is SPOT ON.
I tested it many times and the number you see in the intel report is exactly right, even with FOW ON. If you use tracker you will also able to see the exact number of losses for each model.

Jeffrey

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:25 am

Hi Jeffrey

thanks for this info, very much appreciated. As I´ve often seen more aircraft "type x" shot down than there even were in combat I´ve always thought the total losses would be FOW too as I´ve never summed up the losses of individual types.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:36 am

ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: castor troy

so let´s have a look at what happened today, together with the info I received from Rainer the "why" this happened is pretty clear. Like he has tried earlier, he wanted to take advantage of the Japanese 8 hex strike ability to move in, launch a strike, clobber our CVE or amphib fleet while staying 1 hex outside of our carrier fleet´s strike range... but three things apparently went wrong this time:

a) while I always staid one hex off the CVE and amphib fleet with all the fleet carriers, this time I had two hex distance as I didn´t fear any LBA strikes that could only aim at the "invasion hex" (without using patrol aircraft to spot the CV fleet) because this time the "invasion hex" was my own base, which leads to... even if you become predictable by going with the same "routines" all the time, the moment you do something different can become a really nasty surprise for the enemy...

b) I guess Rainer thought I would go directly for Jesselton with the ampib TF because when you look at the screenshots, the IJN BB fleet (and therefore the carriers too) were ordered to a position eight hexes NE of Jesselton...

c) as the third screw up today was the enemy fleet´s nav search spotting my carriers and KB reacting one hex towards them

so these three things went wrong today and led to a 100% disaster for the IJN as we top any real life carrier engagement in both numbers involved and numbers of carriers sunk in one battle... while I mentioned it quite a couple of times that the time when the Japanese should have tried their decisive battle seems to long have passed, having had KB intact always meant a threat to everything that I wouldn´t escort with our mightly fleet outside our powerful LBA... and the next chance to use KB would have been when we attack the Philipines to land on the main island when there are several huge airfields around Manila that could be filled up with 2000 enemy aircraft to be released, followed by KB on day two or even better day three (one problem with this plan of course would be our tactic to never unload longer than one day in a threatened area)... but using KB in this area where Japanese LBA plays no role at all (Brunei and Miri are trashed) and misinterpreting our move of course has to lead to a massacre, no matter how much good or bad luck either side has because we just had by far too many carriers to see a positive outcome for the Japanese...

here are the air losses:

while the Allied losses are not affected (?) by FOW (guess I should get the exact losses?) the Japanese are and I doubt they have lost that many aircraft. My estimation would be something like 500 aircraft destroyed at a ratio of 2:1 bombers/fighters, so probably many elite fighter pilots the Japanese start with are still alive... they lost their carriers though... [;)] if we leave FOW aside, then the enemy has lost 180+ Zekes while we have lost 150+ Hellcats/Corsairs which dramatically displays the unparity in fighter performance today, mostly happening due to our first mega strike against KB when our 350+ fighters were chopped to pieces by some 150+ enemy fighters on Cap which is something I fail to understand (except the routine being off here - due to the mega penalty escorts get and the mega advantage the dive gets)... outnumbering the enemy fighters around 5:1 in total today, having nearly a 1:1 loss rate is depressing, considering us having superior aircraft and pilots trained to the max... We have lost around four dozen 70 skilled fighter pilots but very few bomber pilots of escorted strikes... the unescorted piece meal strikes were shot down in droves, even by a meager Cap and those of course suffered horrendous pilot losses too... horrendous due to the reason that it takes S I X months to train a carrier based torpedo bomber pilot (3 months to each 70 navbomb, another 3 months to reach 70 torp)... in comparison, the Helldiver pilots only need 3 months as navbomb is all they need... if you then watch hundreds of torp bombers missing ships that are lying dead in the water you can only start to cry as this just can´t be right when on the other hand a handful of Betties, Nells, Francis, Kate, Jills or whatever other IJNAF torp bomber put holes in your ships at nearly all ocassions, with the IJN torp being so much superior probably the only reason for this as our pilots are just as trained as all the IJNAF pilots (except the elite pilots they get at the start of course)... I would rate the Japanese torp bombers 3-4 times more effective than USN ones, therefore every follow on game will see my USN torp bombers being in level bombing mode at 6000ft mostly... in this game it doesn´t really matter much anymore because the enemy CV fleet is trashed... I´ve told Rainer that I estimate my carrier fleet strenght (without all my CVE) being 4 times stronger now than all CV, CVL, CVE together that are left for his Navy and got the reply that he still has 6 "carriers" so still something to be reckoned with... we completely missed Shokaku, Zuikaku in the engagement, Akagi and Kaga probably still are in a shipyard in Japan which leaves another two carriers of unknown class, perhaps an Unryu and another CVL somewhere... for sure, the enemy won´t field more than 400 carrier based aircraft if he´s able to bring all his carriers together and such a force isn´t even a real threat to two of my CVE TFs (2x13 CVE) as such a CVE group is going to field around 500 fighters...

Good analysis. It is a fine line holding KB back because there is some merit if forcing the Allied player to use mass and not split up operations. (A good reason why the Allies should not risk carriers in 42 as well) but there comes a certain point in the game where KB, no matter how strong becomes redundant. The Japanese player just can't wait forever because once that point is reached, KB is going to get smashed no matter the damaged dealt out to the Allies. Except in a unfavorable position, a good 8-10 Allied fleet carriers can probably fight and any untouched KB to a draw.

yeah, the game is about numbers afterall and while using CV fleets (of both sides) like Rainer and I have done is rather unrealistic, since WITP I´ve always been saying "splitting your assets is splitting your chance of success". With that credo I have smacked a couple of players splitting KB in 42 for example. I couldn´t think of any chance for KB in a heads on engagement with my CV fleet (even hard without the 13 CVE I had with the fleet carriers) but the Japanese haven´t planned to attack my carriers anyway but the plan got screwed up.

IMO KB like in the engagement above would be a match for 10 Essex CV though because that would mean only 400 Hellcats, if you send 160 on escort you end up with 240 max over your carriers and if you look at what got through my 500+ fighters you can say good bye to a couple of flattops because the IJN torp bombers bite. On the other hand, sending "only" 500 strike aircraft against KB probably would have meant 30-50% less damage done (depending on the weather, remember I had "clear sky") as you can´t rely on TBF/TBM carrying torps anyway. So while the floor was whiped in this turn, with "only" 10 carriers and bad weather perhaps, the enemy would have got away light with us taking more (probably far more) damage, ending in a draw perhaps. Not that it would really count in the game to lose a couple of carriers for the Allied, I still always try to keep damage at a minimum because I´m more thinking about real life and what it has meant for public to lose a BB or a CV, let alone four or five of these capital ships in one day. In the game the Allied player at times cheers when he sinks 6 IJN CV for 4 Allied CV but in real life 4 Allied CV lost would be quite a tragedy.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:32 am

Following the air losses, let´s have a look at the carriers.

The enemy should have lost this:

CV: Unryu, Junyo, Taiho, Hiryu, Soryu

CVL: Nisshin, Mizuho, Ryuho, Zuiho, Chiyoda, Ryujo

CVE: Shinyo, Chuyo, Kaiyo (probably), Taiyo, Unyo (probably), Hosho

4 CV, 6 CVL and 4 CVE plus two more probably sunk. Several other ships heavily damaged or sunk.

The Allied have lost the British CVE Battler (carrying two dozen Corsair II which is a real pity to lose them) plus seven CVE and a CVL damaged. Two CVE were on the edge of sinking but managed to reach Tawi Tawi and could be saved so Battler was the only ship actually been lost. [:)] Counting up the sunk carriers, it looks less than what the replay has made me think because I´ve thought I´ve whiped out everything. On the other hand, with Shokaku, Zuikaku, Akagi and Kaga either not being attack or not with KB at all due to ongoing repairs, there were not that many more carriers available to be sunk I guess. I´m sure Rainer had all operational carriers in one basket for this attack.

that´s how my damaged carriers looked like after the last bomb was dropped:

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:40 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 27, 44
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ASW attack near Taytay at 72,79

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuharu
DD Asashimo
DD Hamanami
DD Kiyonami

Allied Ships
SS Trespasser, hits 4

SS Trespasser is sighted by escort
Trespasser diving deep ....
DD Hatsuharu fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Asashimo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kiyonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asashimo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kiyonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asashimo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Kiyonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kiyonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kiyonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Taytay at 72,77

Japanese Ships
CL Noshiro

Allied Ships
SS S-46

CL Noshiro is sighted by SS S-46
SS S-46 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Noshiro

duds... [:@] the enemy fleet scattered and was spotted fleeing in all directions, we moved some subs into expected retreat paths... the only thing I´ve feared today was a strong enemy SAG to attack my fleet still unloading at Kudat but we had two SAGs there, both having two BB so I´ve decided to stay in place with our carriers moving slightly NE...

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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 2
P-38J Lightning x 2
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 2
F4U-1A Corsair x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VMF-111 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
VMF-113 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
VMF-115 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
VMF-121 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VMF-216 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Raid is overhead
VMF-222 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VMF-311 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VMF-441 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.457 Sqn RAF with Spitfire VIII (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
49th FG/7th FS with P-38J Lightning (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Raid is overhead
8th FG/36th FS with P-47D25 Thunderbolt (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
15th FG/47th FS with P-38J Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

leaking Cap hits a Zeke sweep hard...

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Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 64 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 15
P-38J Lightning x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
P-38J Lightning x 32
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 28
PV-1 Ventura x 48

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 78

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 10
Liberator B.III x 13
Liberator B.VI x 21
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator x 88
B-29-1 Superfort x 74

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Refinery hits 38
Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 119

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 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
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 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
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 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
3 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
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield 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 *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-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 *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

we keep on working on total destruction of Port Arthur´s refinery while keeping the airfield out of operation... the fighters on defense are LRCAP or leaking Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 9

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
87th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
S-311 Hikotai with A6M3a 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 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 30
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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

many Japanese aircraft from the carriers diverted to Jesselton and other nearby Japanese bases when the flattops were bombed...

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Morning Air attack on Jesselton , at 68,86

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed on ground
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 54

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
P-51B Mustang x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 15

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: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 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: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 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 Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
P-38J Lightning x 3
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Port Arthur , at 99,44

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 4

No Allied losses

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kudat , at 69,86

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-67-Ia Peggy x 29 [X(]

Allied aircraft
Hellcat I x 8
F6F-3 Hellcat x 175

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-67-Ia Peggy: 17 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (0 airborne, 7 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 7000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VC(F)-21 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 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 30 minutes
VC(F)-39 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
VC(F)-41 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 2000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-63 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 1000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VC(F)-68 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 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VOC(F)-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
VC(F)-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 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 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
VC(F)-4 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 9000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes

wow, a Peggy strike shows up unescorted, Rainer said he hoped to be lucky and catch some ships at Kudat... not as long as my CVE fleet is sitting there... even leaking Cap from the fleet carriers three hexes away shows up... all Peggies were shot down, even though not as many as the intel screen shows of course...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:02 pm

am really struggling lately to update the AAR while the game is moving forward with the normal speed...

the 28th saw another intense turn...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 28, 44
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Samah at 73,70

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Cuba Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

our patrol aircraft picked up lots of traffic in the South China Sea and we start off with some small numbers of USN Liberators attacking shipping...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Quinhon at 70,70

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuroshio Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

that´s what I love to see, unfortunately only 15% of the available bombers attacked this TF...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 71,75

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 29
N1K1-J George x 36

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 15
F6F-3 Hellcat x 297

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 15 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 12 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 7 destroyed

due to having had so many sightings yesterday I´ve decided to use the fleet carriers for a raid a bit deeper into the South China Sea which of course also brought me into range of enemy aircraft on the Philipines (9 hexes to Manila which is the enemy´s main airfield there). The enemy carriers are no threat anymore but going closer to several big airfields of course posed a serious threat, depending on the number of aircraft set to attack there. My main concern was the number of fighters on Cap over my carriers as I expected many of them heading out to escort the bombers as I refuse to use Cap settings that cause 50+ fatigue within one or two days and have "forgotten" to shorten the range of 70% of the fighters - in fact, it´s just too much work to do so when you´ve got dozens of carriers in a hex and have to give orders to every squadron on them...

same as we´ve seen earlier, the enemy starts off with sweeps as these escorts fail to meet up with the bombers... none of them were set to ceiling "escorts" and so they came in at 6000ft and were bounced by our Cap that shred the whole strike, not without over a dozen Allied fighters shot down though... no matter which settings you use, the whole strike routine is bullocks, the enemy would have been better off setting everything to max alt instead of trying to set them to the same alt as the bombers while failing just as often... bullocks... [8|]

CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 1 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 to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 71,75

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 58 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 11

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 14
F6F-3 Hellcat x 260

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

following the Zeke/George sweep the bomber strike shows up with some outdated A6M2 (don´t know if the enemy is really short of advanced airframes or if he´s so restricted with his upgrade paths - PDU is on btw)... neither the escorts nor the bombers had a chance... so far so good, expected far bigger and much more dangerous strikes... neither our carriers nor the enemy airfields launched any strikes in the morning and that´s all that was coming from the Philipines... amazing as the 300 Cap surely wouldn´t be a vacuum cleaner of incoming strikes...

CAP engaged:
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
16 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
19 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
17 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 9 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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
17 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-22 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-23 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 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 38 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 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 to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-25 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 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 35 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-29 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Samah at 73,70

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Teisen Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ryuyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 17
F6F-3 Hellcat x 40
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 17

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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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 7
PV-1 Ventura x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 9 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 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 53

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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Afternoon 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 122

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 142
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 2

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
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 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
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

will take another three or four weeks until our reinforcements got enough preparation to be thrown into the fight here... until then, we have to fly these supression attacks...

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Afternoon 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 28

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
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

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 28
P-51B Mustang x 13

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
16 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

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Afternoon 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 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon 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 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 33
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the usual dispersed "waves" that follow one big strike... for what reason ever...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Samah at 73,70

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 46
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 60
TBF-1 Avenger x 36

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 3 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Teisen Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Meiu Maru, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
xAK Yamabuki Maru, Bomb hits 14, and is sunk
xAK Tamaki Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nako Maru, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk
xAK Oregon Maru, Bomb hits 15, and is sunk
E W-14, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
TK Tamon Maru #15, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk
PB Eiko Maru, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
PB Tatsumiya Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Ryuyo Maru, and is sunk
PB Chitose Maru, Bomb hits 1

then the carriers finally launch a strike... no idea why no strike was flown in the morning and no idea why only this TF is attacked as there were at least two dozen more ships in other TFs in range and we´ve got hundreds of bombers ready... that convoy was hit hard though...

Aircraft Attacking:
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
10 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
7 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
17 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
8 x SB2C-1C Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Meiu Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Tamaki Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Nako Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Oregon Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Yamabuki Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Tamon Maru #15
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Eiko Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PB Tatsumiya Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Ryuyo Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Teisen Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E W-14

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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 43572 troops, 875 guns, 1094 vehicles, Assault Value = 1701

Defending force 45915 troops, 417 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 1324

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
40th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
38th Infantry Division
43rd Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
162nd USA Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
159th USA Base Force
181st USAAF Base Force
228th USN Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
233rd USN Base Force
114th USAAF Base Force

Defending units:
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
12th Division
46th Division
4th Guards Division
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force
60th Field AA Battalion
7th Air Division
22nd Special Base Force
45th JNAF AF Unit
25th JAAF AF Bn

we´re going to throw another 1300 av onto the island, until then, no chance to achieve something... two lucky ground combat rounds and bringing in 4th Guards div bought Rainer at least three months here... the only major invasion that was stalled so far... that´s why I don´t like the island campaign through the Pacific, takes just too much time if you get stalled somewhere... and getting stalled on a single base island is easier than getting stalled on a big island with several bases as you usually at least have one port to easily unload further troops which isn´t possible if you only own a "bridgehead" and don´t have 100% prepped reinforcements...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:16 pm

we lose two dozen+ carrier based fighters today but only a couple of pilots while we were able to take down something like 80 enemy aircraft with probably all pilots lost...

crsutton · Post by **crsutton** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:05 pm

My campaign is in the last quarter of 1943 and I was looking over the surface reinforcements for the Allies. They sure get plenty-especially DDs. One thing I noted is that virtually every surface ship that comes into the game after 1/44 has a crew rating over 70 for both day and night. Some of them are closer to 80. No problem there. Yet, I have veteran DDs and CAs that have been fighting since 12/7/41 and some of them are still below 60. I can'f figure this one out. The crew exp levels on some of my old BBs just plain suck. Apparently, surviving the Pearl Harbor attack did little to educate these guys...[X(]

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:14 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 29, 44
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,72, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Akagane Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Chitose Maru #2, Shell hits 2
PB Senyo Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
xAKL Hinko Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Miiko Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Nissen Maru #2, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Nissyo Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Saiko Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Nittatsu Maru
xAKL Shingetsu Maru, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Junpo Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
CA Astoria
CA Minneapolis
CA Boston
CL Denver
CL Mobile
DD Fletcher
DD Ammen
DD Bell
DD Black
DD Converse
DD Dashiell
DD Hall
DD Heermann

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF begins to get underway
Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 50% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 12,000 yards
CA Boston fires at PB Senyo Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Minneapolis fires at xAKL Miiko Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Astoria fires at PB Akagane Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Northampton fires at xAKL Junpo Maru at 12,000 yards
CL Mobile fires at xAKL Shingetsu Maru at 12,000 yards
CL Denver fires at xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 12,000 yards
CA Astoria fires at xAKL Nissyo Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Dashiell fires at xAKL Nissyo Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Converse fires at xAKL Miiko Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Black fires at xAKL Hinko Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Bell fires at xAKL Junpo Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Ammen fires at xAKL Nissyo Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Fletcher fires at xAKL Nissyo Maru at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CL Mobile engages PB Senyo Maru at 10,000 yards
CL Mobile engages PB Chitose Maru #2 at 10,000 yards
CA Boston engages PB Akagane Maru at 10,000 yards
CA Northampton engages xAKL Junpo Maru at 10,000 yards
CL Denver engages xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 10,000 yards
DD Heermann engages xAKL Saiko Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Heermann engages xAKL Miiko Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Black engages xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 10,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAKL Miiko Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Ammen engages xAKL Shingetsu Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages PB Senyo Maru at 7,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages PB Chitose Maru #2 at 7,000 yards
DD Black engages xAKL Junpo Maru at 7,000 yards
CL Mobile engages xAKL Shingetsu Maru at 7,000 yards
CL Denver engages xAKL Miiko Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Heermann engages xAKL Shingetsu Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Hall engages xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 7,000 yards
DD Dashiell engages xAKL Junpo Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Converse engages xAKL Saiko Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Fletcher engages xAKL Hinko Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAKL Shingetsu Maru at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CA Boston engages PB Senyo Maru at 4,000 yards
xAKL Saiko Maru sunk by CA Minneapolis at 4,000 yards
CA Northampton engages PB Akagane Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Dashiell engages xAKL Junpo Maru at 4,000 yards
CA Astoria engages xAKL Shingetsu Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Heermann engages xAKL Hinko Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Hall engages xAKL Junpo Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Dashiell engages xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 4,000 yards
DD Heermann engages xAKL Miiko Maru at 4,000 yards
CA Boston engages xAKL Hinko Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Fletcher engages PB Senyo Maru at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAKL Shingetsu Maru sunk by CA Boston at 2,000 yards
CA Minneapolis engages PB Akagane Maru at 2,000 yards
Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

we´ve dispatched a cruiser squadron from our carriers to bombard the place and engage ships if any show up... we meet one of the TFs that got away from being hit by our carriers and whipe the floor with the Japanese... long battle and lots of shells being fired, not sure the bombardment will have any effect...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,72, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Akagane Maru, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
PB Chitose Maru #2, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
PB Senyo Maru, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Hinko Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
xAKL Miiko Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Nissen Maru #2, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
xAKL Nissyo Maru, Shell hits 31, and is sunk
xAKL Nittatsu Maru, Shell hits 28, and is sunk
xAKL Shingetsu Maru, and is sunk
xAKL Junpo Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
CA Astoria
CA Minneapolis
CA Boston
CL Denver
CL Mobile
DD Fletcher
DD Ammen
DD Bell
DD Black
DD Converse
DD Dashiell
DD Hall
DD Heermann

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF begins to get underway
Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 50% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 14,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 12,000 yards
CA Boston fires at PB Senyo Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Minneapolis fires at PB Chitose Maru #2 at 12,000 yards
CA Boston fires at PB Akagane Maru at 12,000 yards
xAKL Junpo Maru sunk by CA Northampton at 12,000 yards
CA Northampton fires at xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Heermann fires at xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Dashiell fires at xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 12,000 yards
CA Boston fires at xAKL Hinko Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Fletcher fires at xAKL Hinko Maru at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Boston engages PB Senyo Maru at 10,000 yards
CA Boston engages PB Chitose Maru #2 at 10,000 yards
PB Senyo Maru sunk by CA Astoria at 10,000 yards
DD Dashiell engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Converse engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Ammen engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards
CA Boston engages PB Chitose Maru #2 at 8,000 yards
PB Akagane Maru sunk by CA Boston at 8,000 yards
DD Heermann engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 8,000 yards
CA Northampton engages PB Chitose Maru #2 at 8,000 yards
PB Chitose Maru #2 sunk by CL Mobile at 8,000 yards
DD Ammen engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CA Boston engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 4,000 yards
CA Northampton engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 4,000 yards
CL Mobile engages xAKL Nittatsu Maru at 4,000 yards
xAKL Nittatsu Maru sunk by CL Denver at 4,000 yards
DD Converse engages xAKL Nissyo Maru at 4,000 yards
DD Bell engages xAKL Nissyo Maru at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
xAKL Nissyo Maru sunk by CA Boston at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
DD Converse engages xAKL Nissen Maru #2 at 3,000 yards
xAKL Nissen Maru #2 sunk by CA Minneapolis at 3,000 yards
xAKL Miiko Maru sunk by CA Boston at 3,000 yards
xAKL Miiko Maru sunk by CA Boston at 3,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

when the first encounter ended, nearly the whole TF was in sinking condition... then a second round starts and now everything is sunk...

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Night Naval bombardment of Cam Ranh Bay at 64,72 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed on ground
G4M1-L Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
H8K1 Emily: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

53 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Minneapolis
CA Astoria, Shell hits 1
CA Northampton, Shell hits 2
CL Mobile
CL Denver

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 46
Port hits 1

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Boston
CA Boston firing at Cam Ranh Bay
CA Minneapolis firing at Cam Ranh Bay
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at Cam Ranh Fortress
Cam Ranh Fortress firing at CA Astoria
CA Northampton firing at Cam Ranh Fortress
Cam Ranh Fortress firing at CA Northampton
CL Mobile firing at Cam Ranh Bay
CL Denver firing at Cam Ranh Bay

followed by our bombardment that hits dozens of aircraft on the ground but is not as devastating as we´ve planned, the airfield stays operational... have ordered hundreds of long range fighters and heavy bombers to attack the place during the day...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Kudat at 69,86, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-1
MTB G-2

Allied Ships
BB Nevada
BB Oklahoma
CA Chester
CA Salt Lake City
CL Boise
DD Grayson
DD Buchanan
DD McCalla
DD Meade
DD Harding
DD Baldwin
DD Carmick
DD Endicott
DD Walke
DD Morris

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range closes to 28,000 yards...
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 26,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 26,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 yards
Nomizo, H. orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range increases to 22,000 yards
BB Oklahoma engages MTB G-2 at 22,000 yards
Range increases to 25,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards
Task forces break off...

the enemy now uses his PT boats... no effect...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Banggi at 69,85, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-1
MTB G-2

Allied Ships
LCT-64
LCT-65
LCT-323
LCT-324
LCT-325
LCT-326
LCT-354
LCT-363
PT-239
PT-240

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 4,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 4,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 4,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 25
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21
Ki-84a Frank x 27

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 19 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 16 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes

then we start our air attacks and it was the time to really get upset about this piss poor design that was called "enhanced strike routines to create more realistic air attacks"... [8|] pff, what a fart... have ordered 150 fighters to sweep and as usual, the sweeps go in at squadron size while losng a fragment of three fighters each... also as usual, we then meet an enemy that has numerical superiority as radar again sends up everything that has not been damaged before... this design is just silly...

you employ twice, three times, four times, five times or even more aircraft than the enemy but end up in a numerical disadvantage all the time because the design is bullocks... nothing more to say than this has nothing to do with realism, nothing...

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 12
Ki-84a Frank x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes

what is true for the P-47 of course also is true for the P-38... heck, where is the rest of the fighters? [8|]

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Saigon at 60,71

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 16
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged

Japanese Ships
AV Kamikawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AV Sagara Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (7 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (4 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 13

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
Liberator B.III x 15
Liberator B.VI x 27
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 47
B-29-1 Superfort x 70

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 8 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
H8K1 Emily: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 7 destroyed on ground
G4M1-L Betty: 7 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.III: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 215

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator B.VI 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
14 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 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: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator 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
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 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: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters between 36000 and 41440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 42740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes

wow, it´s really stupid as it is... 150 fighters (6 full squadrons) set to sweep, major parts of two show up before the bombers... another four squadrons were set to escort, not a single fighter shows up with the bombers... out of 250 fighters, not even 50 manage to show up at a time to help out the bombers... S I L L Y by design... does it matter? no, of course not... why? because bombers alone perform better anyway than fighters would do... this is just crazy...

go and play BoB bombing the Reich, then go back and try to design a working routine for WITP AE... as it is now, it´s nothing but a strange piece of crap... the more squadrons involved, the stranger it gets...

what has been damaged by the cruisers during the night is now torched by the bombers... but the strike routine leaves me

again...

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5
Ki-84a Frank x 7

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-29-1 Superfort x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 2 damaged
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 20 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 42740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes

the oh so realistic strike routine then does with the bomber strikes what it always does, one huge strike is followed by lots of piece meal waves... yeah, pure realism... if WITP´s strikes were unrealistic, how can someone think this would be realistic? None of the books about airwar in WWII show anything coming close to how strikes, sweeps or escorts look like in the game...

and no setting or anything else in the game would make it anywhere better...

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4
Ki-84a Frank x 5

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 7 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator B.VI bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 2

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 8 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K1 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (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 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 36740 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
S-324 Hikotai 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 38500 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Kuching , at 58,88

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 63

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-56 Thalia: 3 destroyed on ground

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 22
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 118

Aircraft Attacking:
15 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
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
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

same with other strikes too of course... first the main strike...

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Morning Air attack on Kuching , at 58,88

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

then the rest...

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10 [8|]

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
S-324 Hikotai with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 3 [8|][8|][8|][8|]

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 31000 feet *

after the bombers the first fighter fragment shows up! HOW SILLY IS THIS REALLY? Stop praising your own work and actually look at what happens here, then turn back and ask yourselve if this is the realism you insist to tell people... [>:]

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21 [8|]

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet *

then some more Lightnings...

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 3[8|][8|]

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *

and a Lightning fragment...

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 3

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 40000 feet * [8|][8|][8|]

another Lightning fragment...

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Morning Air attack on Cam Ranh Bay , at 64,72

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 21

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *

more Lightnings, the fragment came in already? [8|] it´s so ridicioulos and reading tips or guides how to improve this makes it even more ridicoulos when you find out this all helps nothing and is nothing but a fairytale that has been brought up to mask obvious flaws that have been there right from release and seem to never be even looked at...

so besides escort and sweep missions failing completely again today, I should perhaps also mention that something like 50% of the fighters didn´t fly at all... I don´t even want to get started about this (no, forget morale, fat or anything else, it was just perfect)... this behaviour is well known already from WITP, obeying orders wasn´t common in WWII you know... unfortunately, with the new oh so great strike routines, this has now become an even bigger problem... but hey, realism pure...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Saigon at 60,71

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 11
Ki-61-Ib Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
AV Sagara Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-61-Ib Tony (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes

that´s it then... ordering 250 advanced fighters to attack that would have outnumbered the enemy 3-4:1 ended up in being outnumbered by the enemy 3:1 because the strike routine decided this would be much more realistic...

this meant our fighters have shot down a dozen enemies for the loss of nearly two dozen of our fighters that were better aircraft flown by 70 skilled pilots... mhm, alltogether this sounds like a highly reasonable and realistic result for the employed forces... now imagine the unrealistic cruiser bombardment wouldn´t have worked during the night... I go with what I´ve said lots of times earlier already, directly attacking a heavily capped target with radar is a nogo because with the borked strike routines you end up at a disadvantage again and again and again, no matter if you employ a three or four time bigger force that clearly also got the better aircraft...

it makes me sad but at the same time I´m just going to switch back to the old tactic of trying to draw out leaking Cap... and then Allied players wonder when they run out of advanced fighters after attacking heavily Capped targets... of course, using carrier based fighter squadrons on sweep works just perfect as they come in near perfectly "coordinated", for what reason ever... something you fail to manage if you order 2x25 fighters from a level 9 airfield... mhm, that surely wasn´t possible in real life... if you say that often enough, at some point you probably start to believe it yourselve...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:17 pm

ORIGINAL: crsutton

My campaign is in the last quarter of 1943 and I was looking over the surface reinforcements for the Allies. They sure get plenty-especially DDs. One thing I noted is that virtually every surface ship that comes into the game after 1/44 has a crew rating over 70 for both day and night. Some of them are closer to 80. No problem there. Yet, I have veteran DDs and CAs that have been fighting since 12/7/41 and some of them are still below 60. I can'f figure this one out. The crew exp levels on some of my old BBs just plain suck. Apparently, surviving the Pearl Harbor attack did little to educate these guys...[X(]

yeah, the "veteran" ships can´t match the reinforcements. Look at BB Richelieu for example, first I´ve thought I would not really have a use for her just to find out it´s the highest experienced BB I have available now. So she´s leading my US CV fleet because all the modern US BBs just suck when you compare the exp of them and Richelieu. And I rate exp higher than how the BB looks like because most times you´ve got night engagements and then it doesn´t really matter much if you hit your enemy with a 14" shell from 2000 yards or a 18".

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:18 pm

The cruiser bombardment and the bombers accounted for the enemy´s losses today, using our 250 fighters just accounted for more losses on our side. I wonder why I spend hours and hours for click parties to transfer all those pilots around all the time.

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:20 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 30, 44
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Dadjangas at 77,93 [X(]

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AM Bellechasse
xAK President Quezon, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Nirvana, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 kg SAP Bomb

nice move, Rainer flew in some Judies to Zamboanga (Western Mindanao) and launches a surprise strike on a small, empty convoy... damage first looked to be light but both ships sank later due to bomb damage... that´s the problem with those bypassed little bases, you bomb them now and then but at some point they´re able to launch a strike again...

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 122
P-38J Lightning x 8
F4U-1A Corsair x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 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
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
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 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
9 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
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...

Iloilo is a clear hex and recon reports 10000 enemy troops defending the place... this is our primary target to put pressure on the Manila area as it´s within normal range of all our fighters from Iloilo and that place can be built up to level 9... we´re going to land some paras West of it and throw a couple of rgts onto the island to take out the Japanese garisson... expect to meet 100-150 enemy av there but our bombers will do the job for the infantry... attacking here still out some time...

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Afternoon Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
TBM-1C Avenger x 18

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x TBM-1C Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

naval attacking TBM joined the ground strike again... setting: naval attack/rest... [8|]

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 21

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the usual uncountable piece meal strikes follow the first main strike...

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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:24 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 31, 44
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Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 1

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet

we´re flying the normal squadron sized piece meal sweeps with each squadron losing a fragment on the way to target... silliness we´re used to from day one of the campaign... what I call silliness is called realism in AE advertisments...

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Morning Air attack on Probolinggo , at 56,105

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 5

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 30000 feet [8|]

CAP engaged:
248th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 144
P-38J Lightning x 36
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 11
P-51B Mustang x 18
F4U-1A Corsair x 50
PV-1 Ventura x 36

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
261 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 105

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 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
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
14 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
14 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
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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
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
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...

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Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 24
P-51B Mustang x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 69

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...

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Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 48 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 66

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 33
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14
P-51B Mustang x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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
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

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 8
B-25H Mitchell x 46
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
16 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
3 x B-25H Mitchell 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

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Morning Air attack on Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 33
P-38J Lightning x 32
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking Iloilo ...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
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 Iloilo , at 79,84

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 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: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 6
B-25H Mitchell x 21

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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 41

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 113

Aircraft Attacking:
12 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
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

we knock out the airfield the Judies were coming from...

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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Beaufort (66,87)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 666 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 15

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Beaufort !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd Fiji Commando Bn /1
1st Fiji Commando Bn /1

paras take an empty base for follow on landings...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:27 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 01, 44
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 64
P-38J Lightning x 16
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24
P-51B Mustang x 26
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 48

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
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 PV-1 Ventura 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
16 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
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

more and more troops are being brought to Davao and the airforce keeps the base damaged to prevent the enemy from building forts...

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 7 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
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

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
P-38J Lightning x 22
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

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: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
P-38J Lightning x 16
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

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: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Jesselton (68,86)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13419 troops, 225 guns, 309 vehicles, Assault Value = 418

Defending force 1967 troops, 0 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Allied adjusted assault: 287

Japanese adjusted defense: 29

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Jesselton !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
493 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 62 (60 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
33rd Infantry Division
224th USN Base Force
I US Corps
19th RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
37th Ind. Engineer Regiment
22nd JAAF Base Force

the troops that have been brought to Kudat marched to Jesselton and the base falls to 33rd Inf Div... this is going to be our main airfield for long range strikes from Borneo deep into the South China Sea with Hanoi being the base where our Northern bombers are stationed...

we destroy one and a halve dozen enemy aircraft at Jesselton which show up as destroyed A2A... these were KB aircraft that diverted to that base when their carriers got sunk...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:32 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 02, 44
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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 12
B-25H Mitchell x 21
P-38J Lightning x 32
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 34
P-51B Mustang x 31
PV-1 Ventura x 31

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 4 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
7 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
15 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

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
F6F-3 Hellcat x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 12

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 27
P-38J Lightning x 16
PV-1 Ventura x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
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
12 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

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 11

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

nothing else but surpression attacks...

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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 130

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 37th Ind. Engr Rgt /1 ...
Also attacking 22nd JAAF Base Force ...

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 31
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 14

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25H Mitchell 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
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 37th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 14

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

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 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 51
P-38J Lightning x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
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
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

Cebu is one of the airfields in the area with a small garisson that could launch suprise airstrikes so I wanted to make sure the airfield is put out of action...

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Morning Air attack on Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

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 Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24

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 Cebu , at 80,86

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 21

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 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd JAAF Base Force, at 67,87

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

boring replays, boring combat reports...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:38 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 04, 44
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Submarine attack near Manado at 75,99

Japanese Ships
SS I-54, hits 16, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Indiana
CLAA Reno
CLAA San Juan
DD Claxton
DD Fletcher
DD Izard
DD Hudson
DD Hazelwood
DD Harrison

SS I-54 is sighted by escort
DD Izard fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hudson attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-54 forced to surface!
DD Hudson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Hazelwood firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Harrison firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Izard firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

the enemy still sends his subs into our dominated areas occasionally but they mostly end up being sunk... I wouldn´t use such a tactic of infiltration but would rather horde my subs in an area where I would expect the enemy to attack and then send in at least a dozen which perhaps could inflict some damage but sending them one by one usually means losing them one by one without inflicting any real damage... IMO Japanese ASW at this stage of the war is overpowered at least 3:1 compared to real life abilities while I also find Allied ASW to be even better than what it was in real life, but the disparity is by far not as big as with Japanese ASW...

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 8
B-25H Mitchell x 63
P-38J Lightning x 48
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 20
P-51B Mustang x 13
F4U-1A Corsair x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 43

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 5 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
8 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
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 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
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
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

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-51B Mustang x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 36

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 9 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
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

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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 261

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 46
Airbase supply hits 24
Runway hits 335
Port hits 18
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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
12 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
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
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
14 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
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
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
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

huge strike in clear sky gives an excellent result... if weather forecast could be used you could reduce airstrikes by a factor three at least because you wouldn´t fly strikes in thunderstorms all the time that of course don´t give the same results as strikes like the above one...

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Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 15

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
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

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Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 38

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 Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 21
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 4 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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 Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 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 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the enemy still uses his transport aircraft a lot, probably for supply flights of cut off bases and to bring out fragments to rebuild units and the ac loss list often reminds me of this...

castor troy · Post by **castor troy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:40 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 05, 44
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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 8
B-25H Mitchell x 43
P-38J Lightning x 45
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
F4U-1A Corsair x 20
PV-1 Ventura x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
9 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
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
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
3 x B-25H Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

no airstrikes coming from here for the next couple of weeks...

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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 21
P-51B Mustang x 13
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
3 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 90

Aircraft Attacking:
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
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 Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
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

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Morning Air attack on 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 178
P-38J Lightning x 3
F4U-1A Corsair x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
501 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 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
13 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
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 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
13 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
15 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
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
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

Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 30th JAAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment ...

Iloilo´s garisson takes a punishment...

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Morning Air attack on 30th JAAF Base Force, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 30th JAAF Base Force, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 19

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9

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 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 30th JAAF Base Force, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Zamboanga , at 75,89

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12

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 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 79,84 (Iloilo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

otherwise not much to report, should get more interesting again when the enemy responds to my attack on Iloilo...

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