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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 21
A6M5 Zero x 10
G4M2a Betty x 18
J2M3 Jack x 29
P1Y1 Frances x 36
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 95
Hellcat I x 24
P-38J Lightning x 10
P-38L Lightning x 9
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 18
P-51B Mustang x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 182
F6F-3 Hellcat x 763
F6F-5 Hellcat x 113
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 4 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M2a Betty: 9 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 4 destroyed
P1Y1 Frances: 23 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Windham Bay
CVE Saginaw Bay
CVE Shah
CVE Sargent Bay, Torpedo hits 1
next strike coming in, this time launched from three airfields... so far we´re only fighting the IJNAF, no Army aircraft and only one unit of Georges and one unit of Jacks but that doesn´t matter anyway on escort... same as during the first strike, only a handful of our fighters available for Cap actually have been in the air and were engaging the incoming strike... the enemy escorts got away quite nice because most of them weren´t even attacked while the bombers were hit harder than during the first strike... one and a halve dozen attacked a CVE task force - no idea why they aren´t showing up in the report - and Sargent Bay took a torp which caused heavy damage (19 sys 44 flt)... while not really afraid of having a carrier sunk at this point, it wasn´t quite going as expected as the second wave already managed to torpedo carrier number four...
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 21 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 10 on standby, 20 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 20 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 8 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 14 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 7 on standby, 13 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 12 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 13 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 8 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
9 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 10 on standby, 13 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 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 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 88 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 12
B4Y1 Jean x 33
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 87
Hellcat I x 23
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
P-51B Mustang x 7
F4U-1A Corsair x 173
F6F-3 Hellcat x 716
F6F-5 Hellcat x 105
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Sen Baku: 6 destroyed
B4Y1 Jean: 21 destroyed [X(][X(]
still in the morning phase the enemy launches another strike... I´ve asked Rainer "biplanes versus my carrier fleet" and he answered that he intended to upgrade this Jean unit and my appearance came a couple of days too early... this strike was completely annihilated...
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 19 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 79 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 82 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (7 airborne, 7 on standby, 14 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 7 on standby, 16 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 12 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 4 on standby, 15 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 73 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 18 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 13 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 83 minutes
11 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 87 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 8 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 71 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 75 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 7 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 4 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 7 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 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 70 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 21
G3M2 Nell x 33
G4M2 Betty x 33
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 39
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 58
Ki-61-Id Tony x 39
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 81
Hellcat I x 21
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14
P-51B Mustang x 7
F4U-1A Corsair x 156
F6F-3 Hellcat x 652
F6F-5 Hellcat x 96
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 7 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 21 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M2 Betty: 17 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 9 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 14 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51B Mustang: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 6 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Begum
CVL Langley
CV Saratoga
CV Lexington, on fire
then a big strike with nearly 160 escorts shows up that is still "met" by over 1000 fighters on Cap, with far fewer actually attacking of course (perhaps 300 this time)... we had the dive for a really long time but outnumbering the escorts only 1.5:1 the dive ended at some point when the escorts finally started to also managed to kill some of our fighters... still a onesided affair but by far not as loopsided as during the first strike for example... the good news was that our fighters still took their chance to heavily hit the bomber formation and only five bombers finally managed to get through Cap and start their attack runs with all torps missing...
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M2 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
2 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (11 airborne, 7 on standby, 8 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 7 on standby, 16 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
12 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 19 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 12 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 16 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 13 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 15 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 12 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 1 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 12 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 10 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
1 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
Ki-48-IIc Lily x 26
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-48-IIc Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
even though the airfield is at level two and had no damage I had no fighters at Legaspi because I wanted to cover my ships at Iloilo with everything I had and due to only some LCT unloading at Legaspi I felt save... bombing the airfield doesn´t mean much as we´re soon going to have so many engineers there that even a 100/100 damage would be repaired within a day...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 29
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Ki-84a Frank x 56
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 66
Hellcat I x 18
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 12
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 138
F6F-3 Hellcat x 559
F6F-5 Hellcat x 88
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 9 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 3 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
then one of the feared "failed escort sweep" strikes came in and while the Franks suffered from my diving fighters, both the Georges and Tojos put up an equal fight damaging probably one and a halve dozen fighters... without the dive the enemy failed to fire from behind and most times only damaged the rugged Allied fighters... all in all this engagement lasted only a short while, by far shorter than expected as there were still 2/3 of the attackers in the air when the sweep was over...
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 8 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 14 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 18 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
No.896 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 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 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 24
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 57
Hellcat I x 15
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 124
F6F-3 Hellcat x 469
F6F-5 Hellcat x 80
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 12 destroyed
this is an unescorted fighter bomber strike that came in low but got completely destroyed... I don´t think using these Oscars as fighter bombers makes much sense...
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 15 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
15 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 between 6000 and 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (12 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (21 airborne, 6 on standby, 8 scrambling)
21 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (16 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
16 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (10 airborne, 7 on standby, 5 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (15 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
7 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 between 10000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (7 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
4 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 between 2000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
No.896 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 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 between 4000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 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 45 minutes
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 31
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 22
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 52
Hellcat I x 14
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 117
F6F-3 Hellcat x 437
F6F-5 Hellcat x 76
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 16 destroyed
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CVE Nehenta Bay
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
still strikes coming in in the morning, now Army bombers are showing up unescorted and one of the unit sees lots of bombers turning back due to the lack of escorts... what comes in is heavily hit but one bomber drops two bombs near Nehenta Bay... seeing my highly succesful 1000ft medium bomber strikes against enemy shipping the enemy has adopted this while I wonder how effective the IJAAF bombers really are in this role as they carry only two bombs below 6000ft...
CAP engaged:
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
VF-60 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
VC(F)-63 with F6F-3 Hellcat (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-75 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
VC(F)-76 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VC(F)-77 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
VC(F)-83 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
VC(F)-90 with F6F-3 Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VC(F)-93 with F6F-3 Hellcat (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 19 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (17 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
17 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (11 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 37300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (19 airborne, 5 on standby, 8 scrambling)
19 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (9 airborne, 7 on standby, 5 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (13 airborne, 8 on standby, 9 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 38800.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 46 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 27
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 48
Hellcat I x 14
P-38J Lightning x 8
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
P-51B Mustang x 5
F4U-1A Corsair x 112
F6F-3 Hellcat x 417
F6F-5 Hellcat x 73
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 16 destroyed
Allied Ships
CVE Ommaney Bay
CVE Anzio
CVE Barnes
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-21-IIb Sally flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
can´t say I didn´t like seeing these unescorted bomber strikes but this finally alerted me when I saw the couple of Sallies that made it through Cap would be flying as KAMIKAZE! This is the first Kamikaze strike of the war and when it happened I was unaware of having advanced that far already to enable the enemy to fly kami attacks... good to know but in the end it wouldn´t make a difference anyway as my defense is maxxed out and I can´t improve it any further (well, in 9/44 the CVE could undergo another flak upgrade but flak isn´t something to really care about)...
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 19 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 11 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (8 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 7 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 12 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 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 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
No.882 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
No.896 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
No.898 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
No.1830 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
No.1839 Sqn FAA with Hellcat I (1 airborne, 8 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
VC(F)-20 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 5 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 38000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 26
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
it probably would not have made much of a difference if more bombers would have attacked my carriers but I would have used all of them when thinking about attacking as bombing this airfield is senseless (or suicide when I would have put 50 P-47 here)...
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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 24
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-43-IIb Oscar sweeping at 6000 feet
and the escorts could also have been of help attacking the fleet, if only they would have enabled some more torp bombers breaking through Cap...
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Morning Air attack on Legaspi , at 82,82
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 42,500 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 31
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
31 x A6M5 Zero sweeping at 38500 feet
last strike in the morning is another Zeke unit attacking empty Legaspi...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 78,82
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 200 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 70 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Sen Baku x 9
A6M5 Zero x 8
A6M5b Zero x 27
A6M5c Zero x 12
G4M1 Betty x 8
J2M3 Jack x 14
N1K1-J George x 39
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 59
Ki-61-Id Tony x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 49
Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 91
Hellcat I x 21
F4U-1A Corsair x 174
F6F-3 Hellcat x 663
F6F-5 Hellcat x 108
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
J2M3 Jack: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 13 destroyed
Ki-61-Id Tony: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 6 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Corsair II: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
rain in the morning and even worse weather in the afternoon made me feel confident when the first strike showed up... only a bunch of 8 Betties was escorted by no less than 243 fighters but all were treated as escorts, were dived by our fighters and shot down in droves... peak in Allied fighter numbers in this engagement was around 350 so it again wasn´t an insane numerical superiority... one Betty was shot down and the other seven turned around immediately... morale being pummeled in the morning already... [:)]
this was the only strike in the afternoon that attacked the carrier fleet...
CAP engaged:
VF-1 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
VF-2 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
VF-3 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 19 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-8 with F4U-1A Corsair (2 airborne, 12 on standby, 17 scrambling)
2 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 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes
VF-9 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
VF-10 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
VF-11 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 14 on standby, 21 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 20 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
VF-14 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 19 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes
VF-16 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 20 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
VF-18 with F4U-1A Corsair (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 12 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-71 with F4U-1A Corsair (1 airborne, 12 on standby, 16 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
VF-26 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
VF-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
VF-28 with F6F-3 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 7 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 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 61 minutes
VF-29 with F6F-5 Hellcat (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 9 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
No.851 Sqn-FF FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
No.881 Sqn FAA with Corsair II (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 9 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tandjoengpinang at 50,85
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 8
SBD-5 Dauntless x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAKL Miyako Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Yagi Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
Marine dive bombers coming from the newly captured airfield at Singkawang attacked a small convoy in the area and sink both freighters...
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Miyako Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAKL Yagi Maru
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Ground combat at Babeldaob (90,97)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 75195 troops, 1537 guns, 1816 vehicles, Assault Value = 2963
Defending force 16466 troops, 234 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 299
Allied adjusted assault: 1509
Japanese adjusted defense: 55
Allied assault odds: 27 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1133 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
38th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
43rd Infantry Division
13th Canadian Brigade
763rd Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
104th Combat Engineer Regiment
32nd Infantry Division
2/9th Armoured Regiment
40th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
24th Infantry Division
110th Combat Engineer Battalion
14th Canadian Brigade
18th USN Naval Construction Battalion
159th USA Base Force
81st RAAF Wing
181st USAAF Base Force
71st RAAF Wing
98th Field Artillery Battalion
149th USA Base Force
161st USA Base Force
V US Amphib Force
162nd USA Base Force
209th Field Artillery Battalion
228th USN Base Force
12th RAAF Base Force
1st RAAF Base Force
165th Field Artillery Battalion
233rd USN Base Force
93rd Coast AA Regiment
114th USAAF Base Force
163rd USA Base Force
III US Amphib Corps
95th Coast AA Regiment
XX US Bomber Cmnd
Defending units:
12th Division
Babeldoap Naval Fortress
46th Division
4th Guards Division
22nd Special Base Force
60th Fld AA Bn /1
8th Base Force
30th Special Base Force /1
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Ground combat at Pontianak (56,90)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11110 troops, 180 guns, 129 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 1241 troops, 0 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Allied adjusted assault: 260
Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied forces CAPTURE Pontianak !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 39 (32 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
13th Australian Brigade
30th Australian Brigade
12th Australian Brigade
Defending units:
31st JAAF AF Bn /1
1st JAAF Base Force
41st JAAF AF Bn /1
63rd JNAF AF Unit /1
next base on NE Borneo falls to our troops, as you can see, the enemy only left some fragments behind that couldn´t be airlifted I guess...
here´s today´s tally:
I´m glad the enemy reacted to air para assault on Legaspi as we´ve expected him to do. While we kept our amphib TF at Iloilo we´ve moved our carriers North to draw air strikes that probably would have aimed at ships at Legaspi (guess this at least was the enemy´s plan, which could also explain the airfield attcks on Legaspi). We claim nearly 600 enemy aircraft shot down, including over a hundred torp attack trained IJNAF crews. Hundreds of trained IJ pilots didn´t return today and it should drain IJ pilot pools a bit. Due to lots different aircraft types attacking we probably haven´t drained the enemy´s pools but suffering only some 40 carrier based fighters it has been a clear victory and I guess the backbone of the IJ airforce on Luzon is broken and we´re going to send in our amphib TFs to Legaspi tomorrow with a big number of escorting heavy units. Not severe at all was the loss of pilots today, not even two dozen were lost as most fighters were write offs as only one incoming strike was able to inflict more than just a couple of losses within our fighters on Cap. All in all the operation is going as planned, more about damaged ships in the next post. 16 bombers were claimed by flak in the end, not 6 a mentioned earlier.
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one huge, mega strike followed by lots of piece meal strikes? no formation flying? follow on waves being modelled as aircraft lost on the way to target? happening every time? mmm...
