BACK IN BUSINESS - PzB goes East again(st) Andy Mac

inqistor · Post by **inqistor** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:57 am

Since Allies sends mostly unescorted LCxs, using only DDs should be anough (actually even MGBs should be enough), so I do not see, why you need Cruisers for your hunting groups. Also submarines with lots of gun ammo can be useful. I do not see any serious escorts for those ships.
I have counted in both large stacks equivalent of 13 Divisions. You are both pretty close on-land. The main difference is that Allies have to send short-legged airgroups around the globe, and you can transfer them by internal lines. Break their airgroups morale, and you will win.
This is really last chance to defeat Allies on land. Another possibility will be on Java, or Philippines, but then I doubt you will be able to land any larger reinforcements.

ORIGINAL: PzB
Morning Air attack on 9th Indian Division, at 58,45 , near Mandalay
Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 13 damaged

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Your bombers seems to reach almost 1 squad hit per bomber used. Maybe your chances in clear terrain are slim, but theirs are no better. Allies have more AA power, and their bombers carry more bombs, but your supply lines are shorter, and you have bases nearby, so can use local CAP. It seems that both sides are similarly scr****, but Japan can rebuild quicker. And later firepower ratio will be even worse.
Sweep, and LRCAP those units, and then send 100s bombers every day. In a week, they will have no supply, and no combat power. Their airgroups morale will be broken, then close to counterattack, and rout them.

- Annoying: why the heck attack with bombs when orders is torpedoes and there are 99 torps in base Air HQ???

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,47

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Parrott
DD Stevens

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x P1Y1 Frances bombing from 15000 feet *

Planes DO NOT carry torpedoes at extended range (see this "*"? - extended range).

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:15 pm

Yeah, just noticed that the Frances unit somehow had reverted to normal range settings which caused it to attack shipping at Ramree Island one hex into extended range, grrr! :p)

Allied destroyers of 44-45 are superior to Jap destroyers and they have vastly more of them. I've only been sending in "old expendables" and don't want to loose too many fleet destroyers.
To counter Allied CLs and CAs I had to send in a few heavy ships and also decided to send a few old light cruisers as destroyer leaders.

80% of the subs I've sent into the area have been sunk or heavily damaged, ac and smaller vessels carry enough ASW capabilities to decisively outweigh the advantages of sending more boats.
There are hundreds of Allied fighters at Akyab so tried to send in a bombardment force but a sub attacking an escort revealed the composition of the entire battle group today [:@]

No way to break Allied air power in the region and as you can see below Allied meds and heavies pound our LCUs in our fortified clear hex bases so badly that it's virtuall impossible to
defend the basin anymore. In order to retain our combat strength it will soon become necessary to abandon the basin. The Amb brigade at Ramree is being shattered and we're now air lifting
as many squads as possible out.

I have deleted many of our airstrikes that does no damage to enemy LCUs - so while I may break the smaller ones I'm far from sure we can seriously hurt a major stack.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 44

Air Combat

Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 60
PV-1 Ventura x 10

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 105
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 56,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 56,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 15 damaged

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 13 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Paul Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DE Godavari

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 45th Recce Regiment, at 57,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 18
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 56,47 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 12 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 45th Recce Regiment, at 57,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16
B-17F Fortress x 16
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 71

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 10
B-24J Liberator x 66
B-25D1 Mitchell x 7

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 257

Also attacking 6th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 14th Division ...
Also attacking Mandalay ...
Also attacking 6th Guards Division ...
Also attacking Mandalay ...
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Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 14
Wellington B.X x 12
Wellington GR.XIII x 15

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 184
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Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 12

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 78

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 113 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 94

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 28

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 128
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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-38H Lightning x 17

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 38

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIc: 14 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
38 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
P-38G Lightning x 19

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 35
B-25G Mitchell x 16
P-38H Lightning x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
545 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 81 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 24

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 12
Runway hits 105

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25G Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6458 troops, 162 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 543
Defending force 1903 troops, 31 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Allied adjusted assault: 86
Japanese adjusted defense: 23

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
50th Indian Para Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
9th Australian Division
1883rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
26th USN SeaBees /1
34th USN Naval Construction Battalion
111th RN Base Force /8
1st West African AA Rgt /17
2nd West African AA Rgt /16
51st (East African) Const Bn /1

Defending units:
2nd Amphibious Brigade
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Ground combat at Bhamo (63,44)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2710 troops, 33 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 231
Defending force 971 troops, 2 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Allied adjusted assault: 49
Japanese adjusted defense: 202

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

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

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

Assaulting units:
39th Indian/B Division
39th Indian/C Division

Defending units:
5th Recon Regiment
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 44

Sub Attacks

ASW attack near Bassein at 51,52

Japanese Ships
DD Naganami
BB Ise
BB Nagato
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
DD Suzunami
DD Tamanami
DD Makinami
DD Makigumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Kagero
DD Hamanami
DD Okinami

Allied Ships
SS Sand Lance, hits 2

SS Sand Lance launches 6 torpedoes at DD Naganami
Sand Lance diving deep ....
DD Yukikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kagero fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Okinami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yukikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 5

Allied Ships
LCM 593C
AM Carnatic

SS RO-64 is sighted by escort
RO-64 bottoming out ....
AM Carnatic fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Carnatic fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Carnatic fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Carnatic attacking submerged sub ....
AM Carnatic fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Air Combat

Morning Air attack on Meiktila , at 58,47
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-17F Fortress x 16
P-38H Lightning x 14
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 60
PV-1 Ventura x 10

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 300
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Morning Air attack on 45th Recce Regiment, at 57,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 45th Recce Regiment, at 57,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 9 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet
8 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 45th Recce Regiment, at 57,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 29

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 45th Recce Regiment, at 57,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Bhamo , at 63,44
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington B.X x 15

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 90

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Wellington B.X bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ic Tony: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 125
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10182 troops, 246 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 541
Defending force 1768 troops, 31 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 59

Allied adjusted assault: 529

Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 40 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
50th Indian Para Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
9th Australian Division
34th USN Naval Construction Battalion
111th RN Base Force /8
1st West African AA Rgt /17
2nd West African AA Rgt /16
26th USN SeaBees /1
1883rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
51st (East African) Const Bn /1

Defending units:
2nd Amphibious Brigade
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Burma

crsutton · Post by **crsutton** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:28 pm

ORIGINAL: viberpol

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Rainer79

Yes, the ability of big 4E strikes to raise the disruption of any japanese unit to 90+ in clear terrain is most annoying.

And I am afraid it is only going to get worse. Once the Superforts start flying ground attack missions even bad terrain won't save you. [:(]

I am most of the way through reading Antony Beevor's D-Day, which covers the entire Normandy campaign including the breakout and dash across France. Apparently the ability of massed 4EB strikes to do just that was quite real! [X(]

+1 here Rainer79. [:(]
& I just can't believe the 4Es were IRL used to carpet bombing the units that were clashed in close combat fighting with each other.
If I were again to negotiate the house rules of my PBEM I'd suggest "no use of strategic bombers on ground attack mission" at least if the enemy LCU is in the same hex as an Allied one... [8|]

My two cents here. Ark and I have a great close game going. However, as Ark's opponent I would respectfully never agree to this house rule. One reason is that a hex is 50 miles across and the Japanese player might have 100,000 or more troops in that hex. As with any force, the majority of these troops are not eyeball to eyeball with the enemy and if in open terrain such as in Burma or especially OZ would be very vulnerable to this type of bombing. Second reason is the constant short supply of Allied medium bombers combined with the almost worthlessness of Allied fighters in this role. (a very important role for them) would in effect place a severe handicap on the Allied player. Ark has seen my pools and can tell you that even in Jan of 44, I have virtually no types of medium bombers. (I am willing to bet in our game through 24 months of combat that the ratio of Japanese medium bomber sorties to Allied is running at about a 10-1 rate) and his medium bombers pools seem to be very healthy. (scen #2)

Third it can be argued that with the level of training, doctrine, advanced ground control and radio communication that the Allied were far better suited to close ground support with "any" type of platform than the Japanese. Why not a HR limiting allowing no close air support from any Japanese plane except single engine? My troops have been eating Japanese bombs for a long time now.

Lets get real here. 4E or not, any Japanese unit moving in open terrain after mid 1943, anywhere where there is Allied air, should just get pounded to dust. I see absolutely nothing unreal or incorrect about this. I realize that this is a JFB nightmare but after all, you choose to play them.[:D]

Speedysteve · Post by **Speedysteve** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:55 pm

I agree CR.....

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:55 pm

Well, we don't have such a house rule - just an greement not to overdo things.
My main issue is that LCUs camped in a major bases with 5-6 forts should be more or less safe from air interdiction in a 50 mile hex...
They're not, neither is their supplies!

Jap ground support isn't worth much...as this turn shows.

As our bombardment TF was spotted yesterday I ordered the big ships to turn back.
I counted on that Andy would evacuate his ac from Akyab and send most of his destroyers there.
- That was correct, hardly any ac reported there today.

Instead I sent a strong destroyer force to Ramree Island and they sank 4 destroyer escorts and 4 PT boats.
The old Minekaze class Urukaze took a hit and sank.

Today's destroyer sweep was used to cover our large minesweeper and 125 mines were laid.
Enjoy [;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 23, 44

Surface Combat

Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Naganami
DD Tamanami
DD Suzunami
DD Okinami
DD Hamanami
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DE Baron, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
DE Parks, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DE Cabana, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DE Dionne, Shell hits 34, and is sunk

Poor visibi
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Naganami
DD Tamanami
DD Suzunami
DD Okinami
DD Hamanami
DD Uzuki, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
PT-133
PT-134
PT-546, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Task forces break off...
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TF 92 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
PT-548, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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TF 92 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
PT-548, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Okinami
DD Uzuki, and is sunk

Allied Ships
PT-183, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PT-323
PT-329, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
PT-381, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
MTB 284

Task forces break off...
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Air Combat

100+ bombers and ca 50 Allied ground casualties from an armored brigade in an open hex...
Not great! 23 B-25s caused 173 Jap casualties in a single attack. Just can't compete.

Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 68
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 7
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 14 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 8 damaged

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 97 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 49
B-25D1 Mitchell x 23

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground Combat

A small Allied LCU crossed the river and shock attacked out division in Magwe.
In real life this would have been suicide...a wipeout.

Ground combat at Magwe (57,47)
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 436 troops, 0 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 13381 troops, 173 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 481

Allied adjusted assault: 1
Japanese adjusted defense: 530

Allied assault odds: 1 to 530 (fort level 6)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 23 (12 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
42nd Ind.AA Gun Co
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Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10122 troops, 246 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 535
Defending force 1046 troops, 25 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied adjusted assault: 360
Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 360 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1422 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 96 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 29 (29 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
50th Indian Para Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade
9th Australian Division
111th RN Base Force /8
1883rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
34th USN Naval Construction Battalion
26th USN SeaBees /1
2nd West African AA Rgt /16
1st West African AA Rgt /17
51st (East African) Const Bn /1

Defending units:
2nd Amphibious Brigade
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Burma

When I CAP Ramree Island with enemy transports flying in I get 7-8 messages about intercepts and maybe 1 kill.
When 18 Emily's flew in to pick up Ambh Bde troops today 11!! were lost [&:] We got out some 460 troops, got some 200 in Rangoon and
these will rebuild the unit.

crsutton · Post by **crsutton** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:00 am

I think it is dependent on the amount of CAP over the target. One squadron will just turn transports back and kill one or two on occasion--and it looks to me as if some of the transports will complete the mission as well. They have worked it out fairly nice. However, he must have had a large CAP over that hex to shoot down all of those Emilys. That is the only time it has worked for me. Why don't you ask him if that was the case. I would be interested in knowing.

PaxMondo · Post by **PaxMondo** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:46 am

Was your transport group commander agressiveness high?

inqistor · Post by **inqistor** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 1:46 pm

ORIGINAL: PzB
I sent a strong destroyer force to Ramree Island and they sank 4 destroyer escorts and 4 PT boats.
The old Minekaze class Urukaze took a hit and sank.

Since you are hunting mainly LCxs, and PTs, I was wondering about use of PGs. I do not see any use for them, especially those without ASW weapons. DDs are not armored, so they should have chance even with them, and you do not need any torpedoes, because most ships are too small, so guns should suffice.
PGs are slow, however if you put on them heavy LRCAP, you will at least slaughter enemy anti-ship planes, for small price of few PGs

100+ bombers and ca 50 Allied ground casualties from an armored brigade in an open hex...
Not great! 23 B-25s caused 173 Jap casualties in a single attack. Just can't compete.

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled)

I have no idea, how it is calculated, but 2 Support Squads have 2*15 men amongst them, so somehow rest of damage equals ONE man...
16 squads, and 22 vehicles is quite good result. I do not think there can be "somehow disabled", or "completely disabled" squad. Disabled is disabled, and without full supply they should not recover.

Now, if you look closer, your attacks at 9k have better results, that those at lower altitude, that is because you are coming too low, and fly exactly into those gazillion twin-Vickers. This could be good for larger supply usage, but not good for your planes. I have checked database, and those twin AAMGs have few upgrades, but all have ceiling at 2100. So your LOWEST attack altitude should be 3000.
Also, if you want to go higher, and there is enemy AA unit in hex, you should go at 10k, because 40mm Bofors have 9800 ceiling.

When I CAP Ramree Island with enemy transports flying in I get 7-8 messages about intercepts and maybe 1 kill.
When 18 Emily's flew in to pick up Ambh Bde troops today 11!!

Allied transports are very sturdy. MAVISes are not only slow, but I am not sure, that they are even armed. And Allied fighters are always heavily armed.
Try to LRCAP with NICKs.

Also, where are your fighters? I do not see you intercept those Allied attacks. Every lost bomber will lower morale, when they reach point, when they begin retreating after just seeing your fighters, there will be time to counterattack.

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:56 pm

SnagIt somehow didn't work this turn so no screens....

Our transport commander is rated as "rated careful" and the Mavis transport has no armor but a durability of 44.
This turn a crack George unit with 45 fighters was sent to sweep Ramree Island; it claimed 25 Warhawks. Probably the same that had
a feast with our transports yesterday! In total 45 to 8 ac were lost today in Jap favor.

At the most I've had 100+ fighters on CAP over Ramree Island, all types - results have always been minute versus transport ac.

For several reasons I'm now more careful with my fighters; this turn 400 Allied fighters swept the hex east of Ramree Island, no doubt
in preparation for a major Allied air bombardment - which didn't happen [:)] The ground assault thus failed miserably....and we can now
clearly see the Allied main effort on our flank.

Our fighters also need some R&R; numbers and morale must up and I don't want to disperse them too much as I need to defend the Rangoon area
against the Allied hordes of fighters and bombers. A huge convoy with 120k supplies is now unloading and it will take one of our depleted divisions
back to Bangkok. It's possible that this is the last major convoy to arrive at Rangoon - if the basin is lost air superiority over Rangoon will most likely
also be lost.

Well, small slow warships are almost useless against enemy PT boats and destroyers - you saw what happened to Allied DE's last turn; demolished.
Ground casualties from interdiction is an iffy issue, now idea why the numbers are so strange. I have varied bombing altitude as much as possible to get the bombers
to attack uncoordinated, this seem to yield best results.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 44

Naval

Our minefueld at Ramree should cause some headache and lure some juicy mine sweepers into our fang!

TF 92 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
PT-323, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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Air Combat

Payback time!

Morning Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 45

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 15 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
37 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 30000 feet

CAP engaged:
80th FG/459th FS with P-40K Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 15 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
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Ground Combat

What an utter failure, worst modified AV ever!
If I had done something like that losses would have been 5 digit.

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 106310 troops, 2020 guns, 1934 vehicles, Assault Value = 4160
Defending force 38320 troops, 464 guns, 769 vehicles, Assault Value = 1398

Allied adjusted assault: 151

Japanese adjusted defense: 5023
Allied assault odds: 1 to 33

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
414 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2709 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 213 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 209 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Vehicles lost 41 (1 destroyed, 40 disabled)

Assaulting units:
14th Chindit Brigade
3rd Commando Brigade
2nd British Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
26th Indian Division
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
7th Indian Division
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
25th Indian Division
32nd Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
16th Chindit Brigade
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
75th IAC Regiment
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
19th Indian Division
268th Motorised Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
5th Indian Division
14th Army
77th Coast AA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Southeast Asia
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
23rd Indian Engineer Battalion
2nd Indian AA Bde

Defending units:
Guards Tank Division
33rd Division
9th Division
34th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2
28th Army
36th Field AA Battalion
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion
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d0mbo · Post by **d0mbo** » Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:41 pm

Well he trashed a full division in AV on that assault. A few more of those and yer golden

Keep it up!

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:41 pm

True, but divide the damaged squads among the attacking units and it becomes much more tolerable for Allies!
Still a bit concerned about the huge variances in AV and modified AV - Allied AV adjusted from 4000+ to ~125?
- Shouldn't be possible and I expressed my general concern to Andy as I find it very hard to understand ground combat.

Action packed turn!

Our 6 destroyers went back to Magwe and chaos erupted.
Numerous enemy minesweepers (as predicted) were there but so were 8 Allied destroyers.
One Allied destroyer was crippled by a mine and another sunk by a torpedo. In return we lost 2 destroyers and all but 1 were
rather shot up, so not a great return.

Our air strikes all concentrated on the agile destroyers, failing to score.
Our escorts did not manage to protect all our bombers and in total 20 were lost; time to cull their range as they can't hit fast
warships anyway.

PS! Notice that the Nells dropped both bombs and torpedoes today, lots of ordnance at Port Blair; this is why I immediately assumed
the Frances bombers also used wrong ordnance earlier on. Don't quite understand this.

A sub was also hammered by enemy destroyers, so not a great day over Ramree Island.

In the air heavy enemy sweeps and bomber formations hit Toungoo and Magwe; I had moved 80 Tojo's to Tongoo to provide some forward cover
for our troops in the basin. The average Tojo units took a beating but managed to hurt some escorts and bombers. But again, forward fighter
cover only risk meeting massed Allied force and it's not worth it. We need to concentrate our force now and launch counterstrikes now and then.

Enemy air power hit our 5th Guards division at Magwe hard; I expected this to happen and this is why the division is alone - our rearguard as
we're now leaving the clear hexed basin altogether. So the Army Air Force was ordered to attack Allied ground units at Magwe in force, quite dangerous
because of the idiot rule that doesn't allow us to sweep our own base hexes. Still, our bombers got through and I think this was decisive.
- A strong enemy attack by 3 Allied divisions was checked.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 44

Naval Combat

TF 103 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
AM Kumaon
AM Carnatic

10 mines cleared
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TF 286 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
DD Izard, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Naganami
DD Tamanami
DD Suzunami, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hamanami

Allied Ships
DD Bullard
DD Charrette
DD John Rodgers, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Parrott

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 4,000 yards
Uesugi, Yoshitake crosses the 'T'

Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Naganami
DD Tamanami, Shell hits 2
DD Suzunami, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Kidd, Shell hits 1
DD Quickmatch
DD Petard, Shell hits 2

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
Norland, E.R. crosses the 'T'
DD Hamanami engages DD Kidd at 2,000 yards

Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami
DD Naganami
DD Tamanami
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Black, Shell hits 1
DD Guest

Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 3% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 3% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
DD Guest engages DD Makinami at 2,000 yards

Task forces break off...
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TF 103 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
AM Kumaon
AM Carnatic
DE Godavari

19 mines cleared
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Ramree Island at 54,48, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Makinami, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Naganami, Shell hits 1
DD Tamanami, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hamanami, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Bullard
DD Charrette, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Parrott, Shell hits 3, on fire

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 4,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 4,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 4,000 yards
DD Hamanami engages DD Bullard at 4,000 yards
DD Bullard engages DD Tamanami at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Parrott engages DD Hamanami at 2,000 yards

Task forces break off...
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TF 103 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
AM Kumaon
AM Carnatic

25 mines cleared
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TF 103 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
AM Kumaon
AM Carnatic

17 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Ramree Island at 54,48

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 10

Allied Ships
DD Petard

SS RO-64 is sighted by escort
DD Petard attacking submerged sub ....
DD Petard fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Petard fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Air Combat

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,48
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 15000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 22

Allied aircraft
P-51A Mustang x 22
F4U-1 Corsair x 29
F4U-1A Corsair x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 10 destroyed

No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 148 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 55 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 18

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Kidd
DD Petard

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 117 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Kidd
DD Petard
DD Quickmatch

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,48
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 12

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Black
DD Guest

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 41

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16
B-24J Liberator x 68
P-38J Lightning x 20
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 56
PV-1 Ventura x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 28 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed

Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 488
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 22

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on XV Indian Corps, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 20

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 34

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 45th Recce Regiment, at 57,48 , near Magwe
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 8 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 100 feet
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 5

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 10 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd (Special Force) Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd (Special Force) Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd (Special Force) Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 6 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd (Special Force) Division ...
Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd (Special Force) Division ...
Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd (Special Force) Division ...
Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 3rd (Special Force) Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd (Special Force) Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 9 damaged

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 28
B-24J Liberator x 48
P-38J Lightning x 20
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 448
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 15
Beaufighter TF.X x 24
Hurricane FR.IIb x 12
Hurricane IV x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 11
Blenheim IV x 12
Beaufort VIII x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 24

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 3
Liberator GR.III x 11
Wellington B.X x 27
Wellington GR.XIII x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 7

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 11

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator B.III bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50
Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 10

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 20
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 9th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 18

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
P-40K Warhawk x 3
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 7 destroyed, 4 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
DD Quickmatch
DD Petard
DD Kidd

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 53,48
Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 13

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Guest
DD Black

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 15000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 39
B-25G Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
B-25G Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Magwe (57,47)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21992 troops, 370 guns, 343 vehicles, Assault Value = 1308
Defending force 12662 troops, 173 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 431

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
Allied adjusted assault: 287

Japanese adjusted defense: 470
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
731 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Indian Division
14th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
17th Indian Division
XV Indian Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
42nd Ind.AA Gun Co
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Burma

Our army west of Ramree Island will move south tomorrow while our regiments in the north already
have pulled back into the Lashio line. Our Jungle line should be fully manned within a few days and
engineers are building fortifications.

I expect to be forced to fall back in the north if attacked by strong enemy forces, but this will take time and
resources and will enable us to concentrate our army further south were it doesn't risk being cut of.

If Allied units move into clear hexes in force we will be able to
sweep and bomb at will but when Allied air power is established in 2-3 size 9 bases it will be time to pull our
air forces into Indo Chinia. Bangkok will take over Rangoon's role and fortunately I've already constructed numerous
built up air bases in the region.

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:44 pm

Going on the annual boys trip; to England / London this year!
Bovington tank museum (a revisit to see the new wing)
Royal Air Tattoo at Fairford
Mercedes Benz World to have driving experience in AMG CSL 63

Will be so kewl [8D]
Told Andy to join us at Fairford, perhaps he'll show up!
So this is last post for this week; tomorrow night will be little beetle evening as usual (interpret that as you wish!)

Very heavy fighting in Burma!
Both sides air forces concentrate on LCUs in Magwe; we are hit hardest but since the Allies are attacking they're also exposed.
We manage to stave of another attack, Imp 5th division has now moved 36 miles west.

At Mandalay our rear guard, a regiment, was heavily assaulted. It was moving SE into the jungle instead of following the road east.
This delayed it and the enemy's shock attack routed it.

East of Ramree Island we have withdrawn 1 hex south and in the north Bhamo has been evacuated.
In a few days the army in the basin will move into Toung Gyu and complete our withdrawal into the jungle
- It was simply not possible to continue defending it against combined heavy Allied land and air attacks (especially the latter).

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 44

Naval

The last of our mines claim another victim!
A relatively rare sub success outside the US West Coast.

TF 103 encounters mine field at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Ships
AM Kumaon
AM Carnatic
DE Godavari, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

36 mines cleared
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Submarine attack near Eureka at 214,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
xAK Makiki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

xAK Makiki is sighted by SS I-22
SS I-22 launches 6 torpedoes
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Air Combat

Morning Air attack on 3rd (Special Force) Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.453 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (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 30000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd (Special Force) Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 3rd (Special Force) Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 17

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 18
Ki-30 Ann x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 4 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.152 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 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 37 minutes

Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 14th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.152 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 14th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 28
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 16 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
140 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (13 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 15 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking XV Indian Corps ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 124 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 49

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
49 x Hurricane IIc Trop bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 12
Beaufighter TF.X x 8
Hurricane IId Trop x 3
Hurricane FR.IIb x 12
Hurricane IV x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 11
Blenheim IV x 12
Blenheim VD x 29
Beaufort VIII x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 15
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 41

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Spitfire VIII x 14

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 13
Liberator GR.III x 3
Spitfire VIII x 10
Wellington B.X x 27
Wellington GR.XIII x 6
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 21

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 3
Beaufighter TF.X x 8
Hurricane IId Trop x 14
Hurricane IV x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IId Trop: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 59,46 (Mandalay)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 3

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 9

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 81 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 139
P-38J Lightning x 29

Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 15 damaged

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

Airbase hits 35
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 401
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Morning Air attack on 3rd (Special Force) Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 43
B-25G Mitchell x 12
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 17

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (6 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 42nd Ind.AA Gun Co ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 42nd Ind.AA Gun Co ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 42nd Ind.AA Gun Co ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 42nd Ind.AA Gun Co ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 35

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25G Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Ground Combat

Ground combat at Mandalay (59,46)
Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 54823 troops, 812 guns, 336 vehicles, Assault Value = 2190
Defending force 3275 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 102

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Allied adjusted assault: 1681

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 840 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Mandalay !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2028 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 81 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
179 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
66th Chinese/B Corps
23rd Indian Division
1st New Chinese Corps
20th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese/C Corps
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd AA Bde
134th Field Artillery Battalion
Burma Corps
6th Medium Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
14th Indian Light AA Regiment

Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Regiment
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Ground combat at Magwe (57,47)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33609 troops, 623 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 1259
Defending force 11521 troops, 164 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 355

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 268
Japanese adjusted defense: 76

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
649 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled

Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
14th Indian Division
9th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
17th Indian Division
XV Indian Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
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Burma

Rob Brennan UK · Post by **Rob Brennan UK** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:31 am

Have a great time over here in Blighty . Bovington is great , but not been there for years myself, really must get off my arse and re-visit the place. If your coming to London go visit HMS Belfast on the Thames. she's the last surviving British Heavy Cruiser from WW2. Annoyingly we don't keep old ships for museum pieces , the US has it right on that score but then again scrapping the Enterprise was a huge mistake imo. she would have been a great memorial for WW2 sailors and aviators.

Well done on the withdrawal from Burma's open-terrain centre , I confess I was rather worried you'd get slaughtered in the open there. Grats !

aztez · Post by **aztez** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:01 am

Nice going Rob.. you ain't that rusty after all [:D]

inqistor · Post by **inqistor** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:53 am

I was wondering about Submarines in shallow water. As I understand current engine, shallow water simply reduces maximum depth for submarine, but Japan have lots of submarine types, and some ROs have really small Durability (which suppose to be directly proportional to max possible depth). Not even mentioning SSXs which should have no advantage in deeper ocean.
So, anyone know what is maximum depth in shallow hex?

ORIGINAL: PzB
Very heavy fighting in Burma!
Both sides air forces concentrate on LCUs in Magwe; we are hit hardest but since the Allies are attacking they're also exposed.
We manage to stave of another attack, Imp 5th division has now moved 36 miles west.

I think you should pay a visit to those LCU in clear, north of Prome. Now is the chance to rout them, before position will be reinforced. You will get pounding, but two lager units of one nationality routed, and Allies must spend 6 months on rebuilding.

At Mandalay our rear guard, a regiment, was heavily assaulted. It was moving SE into the jungle instead of following the road east.
This delayed it and the enemy's shock attack routed it.

If airfields are still open, it would be useful to put some TONY units on railroad bases, near Mandalay. Last surprise, before you abandon whole position.

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 11
Blenheim IV x 12
Blenheim VD x 29
Beaufort VIII x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 15
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 41

P-47 on escort, and you do not hunt them? Think of the disadvantages they have in such role!

Also, I have seen P-40E in earlier report. P-40E is the same fighter, USA begins game in Philippiness. Does that mean, that they are actually short on modern airframes?

I have also checked those 40mm guns, on Tojo IIb, and they are only ONE point better, than 20mm, so not especially good.

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:03 pm

Back from our annual boys trip!

Bovington was great Rob, they've opened a new wing and there's lot of new stuff there since I visited last time ca 8 years ago.
Had for example a new King Tiger there [:)]

Oh yes, I've visited the Belfast already during one of the first NAAFI trips.
Great ship and the story involving the sinking of the Scharnhorst is an epic.

The airshow at Fairford was also good even though it almost became a washout; only a spell of nice weather in the afternoon saved it and we saw
a Lancaster, Spit, Mustang and a Vulcan take to the air togehter with the Red Arrows and other modern ac.

The battle in Burma continues at full pace; we disengaged from Magwe and within a few days the basin will be completely evacuated.
So yes, getting out of the basin more or less in an organized fashion has been part of the plan for a long time.

I can easuly count 180 enemy LCUs in Burma now and 375 figthers swept Magwe before the bombers went in this turn.
800 Jap fighters have been deployed around Rangoon to counter the menace.

No idea Inq, guess a shallow hex is 50~ meters or so?
I can't move Jap units into the clear, they will be squashed by enemy air...
I did place 80 fighters to do CAP central basin hexes....50 were lost. Enemy air sweeps and CAP makes it to expensive to mount forward ops now.
Most enemy sweep missions have been edited out of the report, so when you see an escorted raid there has most likely been lots of sweeps going in first.

With no air unit withdrawals I guess Allies got more squadrons than modern ac to man them with - much like us.
I got 1000 fighters sitting in the Home Islands undergoing advanced training in A6M2s and similar.

Ca 200 Tojos left in the pools, slowly converting them to Franks.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 44

Surface Combat

Allied destroyers attacked Rangoon for the first time; 4 of them engaged 6 of ours.
Has been a severe drop in efficiency lately, again we could hardly hit the enemy ships while on of ours was set on fire and later sank.
Another old destroyer that was lost, but 4 were modern.

I have called upon 12 PT boats to protect Rangoon!

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Naganami
DD Okinami
DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 2
DD Oite, Shell hits 9, heavy fires
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1
DD Kyukaze

Allied Ships
DD Cotten
DD Daly
DD Hale
DD Queensborough, Shell hits 1

Reduced visibility due to Rain with 7% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 7% moonlight: 1,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
Augustyn, D.P. crosses the 'T'
DD Queensborough engages DD Hatakaze at 1,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages DD Hale at 1,000 yards
DD Queensborough engages DD Oite at 1,000 yards
DD Oite engages DD Cotten at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
DD Queensborough engages DD Oite at 2,000 yards
DD Oite engages DD Hale at 2,000 yards
DD Oite engages DD Hale at 2,000 yards
DD Oite engages DD Cotten at 2,000 yards
DD Naganami engages DD Queensborough at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
DD Queensborough engages DD Oite at 3,000 yards
DD Queensborough engages DD Yunagi at 3,000 yards
DD Oite engages DD Cotten at 3,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages DD Hale at 3,000 yards
DD Kyukaze engages DD Cotten at 3,000 yards
DD Queensborough engages DD Yunagi at 3,000 yards
DD Oite engages DD Daly at 3,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages DD Queensborough at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 5,000 yards
DD Oite engages DD Queensborough at 5,000 yards
DD Yunagi engages DD Cotten at 5,000 yards
DD Hale engages DD Oite at 5,000 yards
DD Hatakaze engages DD Cotten at 5,000 yards
DD Cotten engages DD Naganami at 5,000 yards
Task forces break off...
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Air Combat

We had 8 fighter units on escort at various altitudes; a single unit escorted our bombers and most stayed
home. It's so hard to coordinate that the best defense is to send in low morale bombers that abort if heavy resistance is encountered.
Enemy ground attack ac are horribly effective, whe 4Es are thrown in as well units are chewed up in no time.

Morning Air attack on 3rd (Special Force) Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 8

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 18
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 7
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 30

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 3
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
3 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick sweeping at 9000 feet *
6 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 9000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.152 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
No.453 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (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 30000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes

Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 9th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 14th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 9th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 14

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 9000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 14th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 9th Indian Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 14 damaged

Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter TF.X x 29

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter TF.X: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 16
Beaufighter TF.X x 11
Hurricane IId Trop x 17
Hurricane FR.IIb x 12
Hurricane IV x 16

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter TF.X: 1 damaged
Hurricane IId Trop: 4 damaged
Hurricane FR.IIb: 1 destroyed by flak
Hurricane IV: 1 damaged
Hurricane IV: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Hurricane FR.IIb bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Beaufighter VIc bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
11 x Beaufighter TF.X bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
17 x Hurricane IId Trop bombing from 100 feet
15 x Hurricane IV bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9
Beaufort VIII x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 11

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 30
P-40K Warhawk x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 33rd Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 13

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Spitfire Vc Trop bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 67

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
373 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25G Mitchell x 16

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 9
Wellington B.X x 9
Wellington GR.XIII x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 57,47 (Magwe)
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 8
Wellington B.X x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground Combat

An massive attack against a tiny remnant left east of Ramree Island.

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)
Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48210 troops, 823 guns, 945 vehicles, Assault Value = 4045
Defending force 129 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Allied adjusted assault: 720
Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 720 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

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

Assaulting units:
26th Indian Division
Guides Cavalry Regiment
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
19th Indian Division
209th Combat Engineer Battalion
7th Indian Division
75th IAC Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
25th Indian Division
32nd Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
45th Indian Brigade
3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
14th Chindit Brigade
2nd British Division
3rd Commando Brigade
31st Infantry Regiment
16th Chindit Brigade
5th Indian Division
101st RAF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
23rd Indian Engineer Battalion
94th Coast AA Regiment
IV Indian Corps
23rd USN Naval Construction Battalion
Southeast Asia
103rd RN Base Force
14th Army
22nd Light AA Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
IV Corps RIASC Base Force
77th Coast AA Regiment
101st Heavy AA Regiment
19th USN Naval Construction Battalion
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
114th RN Base Force
16th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
6th RAF Advanced Base Force
2nd Indian AA Bde
823rd Engineer Aviation Battalion

Defending units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2
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Burma

What do you think, how should we deploy our divisions in Burma now?
Have to bottle up the left flank with 4000 enemy AV - this is their main force.
It will be possible for 3000 enemy AV to move both east and south from basin, but this should be easier to contain.
So I think our reserves should be positioned at or near Toungoo.

-> I don't think Andy can attack south out of the basin as long as we have a strong presence on his right flank.
So by keeping a sizeable force here we should be able to cause some headaches.

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:35 pm

Lots of surface combat this turn!
At Rangoon more enemy destroyers attack and in another intense surface action both sides loose one each.
Only a lucky long lance torpedo hit evened things out cause Allied gunnery is much superior now.

Our convoy evacuating a routed division was engaged by the remaining Allied destroyers as it headed out of Rangoon, annoying that our 12 PT
boats didn't intervene. So we lost a transport and a PB but the escorting destroyer mostly saved the day as the troop load was dispersed among 2 convoys and numerous transports.

As a little payback we raided Pago Pago and sank a merchant and 2 minesweepers.
Enemy air recon was non-existent!

"Relatively" quiet in Burma basin; our rearguard units are moving out of Meiktila, when this move is completed a new phase of the Battle for Burma will begin in February and last until
the monsoon sets in mid May. Wonder how Andy manage inside the basin bases now, supply shortages are much more severe there than in the jungle - go figure [8|]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 44

Sub Attacks

British ASW is lethal; another easy picking on the US West Coast though!

Sub attack near San Francisco at 217,71

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
YMS-113, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

YMS-113 is sighted by SS I-22
SS I-22 launches 6 torpedoes at YMS-113
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Submarine attack near Goa at 33,26

Japanese Ships
SS I-1, hits 22, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Caperton
DMS Palmer
LST-123
xAK Samfield
xAK Samcalia
xAK Samarina
xAK Modjekerto
DD Pathfinder

SS I-1 is sighted by escort
I-1 bottoming out ....
DD Pathfinder attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-1 forced to surface!
DD Pathfinder firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Surface Combat

Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Naganami
DD Okinami
DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
E Tomozuru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires

Allied Ships
DD Kidd, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Quickmatch, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Petard, Shell hits 1

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms with 10% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 10% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards
DD Okinami collides with DD Hatakaze at 54 , 53

Task forces break off...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Pago Pago at 148,161, Range 6,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yura
CL Tenryu

Allied Ships
xAK Mathew Luckenbach, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Reduced sighting due to 10% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 10% moonlight: 6,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
Allied ships attempt to get underway
xAK Mathew Luckenbach sunk by CL Tenryu at 6,000 yards
xAK Mathew Luckenbach sunk by CL Tenryu at 6,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Pago Pago at 148,161, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Yura
CL Tenryu

Allied Ships
AMc Korowa, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
AMc Durraween, Shell hits 5, and is sunk

Reduced sighting due to 21% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 21% moonlight: 3,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards
CL Tenryu engages AMc Durraween at 3,000 yards
AMc Durraween sunk by CL Yura at 3,000 yards
CL Tenryu engages AMc Korowa at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CL Tenryu engages AMc Korowa at 2,000 yards
CL Tenryu engages AMc Korowa at 2,000 yards
AMc Korowa sunk by CL Tenryu at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,54, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #3, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Kenyo Maru
xAK Seia Maru
xAK Tatutaki Maru
xAK Nitiran Maru
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
xAK Africa Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAK Lima Maru, Shell hits 11
xAK Lyons Maru
xAK Toyama Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Tarayasu Maru
xAK Yasukawa Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Hakubasan Maru
xAK Kamoi Maru
DD Kyukaze, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Kidd, Shell hits 5
DD Petard

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (10 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Poor visibility due to Thunderstorms
Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms: 3,000 yards

Task forces break off..
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Air Combat

Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 3
Liberator GR.III x 3
Wellington GR.XIII x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 67
B-25G Mitchell x 28

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator B.III bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington GR.XIII bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25G Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Guards Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 30
Beaufort VIII x 4
PV-1 Ventura x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x Blenheim VD bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
14 x Blenheim VD bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
4 x Beaufort VIII bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 5th Guards Division ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 106 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 9
Wellington B.X x 27
Wellington GR.XIII x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington B.X bombing from 9000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington GR.XIII bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Wellington B.X bombing from 9000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 58,47 (Meiktila)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 86 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 5
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Beaufort I bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
Also attacking 16th AA Regiment ...
Also attacking 21st Division ...
Also attacking 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment ...
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Surface Combat

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:38 pm

Burma Front

Another annoyance; our cff division is at full strength but is now allowed to break out through an empty hex to the SE because Allies own hex side without having troops there.
This is uber silly.... [:o]

The red lines indicate our various frontline and fallback positions in Burma.
Ideally Andy would like to attack Prome, but to do so he has to defeat our strong force in the jungle hex to the west or move through the open hex and cross a river to get there - not very ideal.
Will be interesting to see which direction he selects.

Lomri · Post by **Lomri** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:59 pm

I'm sure the thunderstorms didn't help your surface actions for you. Allied radar and all.

PzB74 · Post by **PzB74** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:15 pm

Possible, many of our ships did not become involved in combat until well into the battles.
But our ships also got radar by now, in general it seems like Allied destroyers of 44 vintage have become 2 notches more deadly than their 43 cousins.

This turn I ordered 300 fighters to CAP Meiktila; of course not a single enemy bomber attack this turn...some bombers went to the neighbouring hex
and got shot up by the Tojo's I placed there.

Our own bombers went in against an armored bde in the open just north of Prome; of course escorts stayed home so the leaky CAP got some of them.
Enemy troops now enter Meiktila in force.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 44

Air Combat

Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 13

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 15

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1
Spitfire Vc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prom
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 1000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 267th Armoured Brigade, at 55,49 , near Prome
Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 damaged

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment, at 59,48 (Taung Gyi)
Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 50 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 33

Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 11
Wellington GR.XIII x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator GR.III: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
Liberator GR.III: 1 destroyed by flak
Wellington GR.XIII: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 38th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment ...
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Tojos 9 o'clock!

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