Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Grollub]

... gotta wonder if her second name is 'Braun"? [:'(]

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

And back in the real world, Port Hedland has received a cyclone warning.

It's about to be lashed by 100 kph winds and driving rain.

To the matelots it's just another summer's day at Scapa Flow.

[CT Grognard]

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.

(And submarines are breeding grounds of TB and madness.)

[Cap Mandrake]

**************Nov. 16, 1942(c)***********

Oz: JJ really, really wanted to get more troops ashore so they came back with carrier top cover.

At night, the Dutch boat SS 020 torpedoes the ZUIHO!!!!....oh.....Maru.[:(]

By design, although it was the first time in 30 game turns, a fighter sweep from Meekathara came in first over PH. 14 RAAF Beaufighters met 16 carrier Zeroes losing 2 frames to one Zero.

First bomber raid to go in were RCAF Bolingbroke and RAAF Mitchell II and Hudsons. One Bolingbroke was lost to the Zeroes but they did moderate damage to ground troops. Then some Beaufighter stragglers traded 1 for 1 with the Zeroes.

Next, several raids by B-24's, B-26's and B-25's doing major damage to the ground troops.

LB-30's went after Yamato and Hyuga near Broome but got no hits.

Next VII Bomber command planes from Carnovan go after the carriers, somewhat ineptly:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Hedland at 57,123

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
P-38F Lightning x 9
P-38G Lightning x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho

Oops Albacore from Exmouth attack without the F4F's and are slaughtered despite their 400 km/hr diving speed.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Hedland at 57,129

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13



Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 3 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

(cont.)

USN replacement squadron from Exmouth, again without the F4F's (Yay team!):

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Hedland at 57,129

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 1
SBD-3 Dauntless x 23


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Teiritsu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Teiko Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Teifu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Teibi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Teison Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
368 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (22 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Had this raid been directed at the carriers it might have achieved something. Still they did hit the transports.:


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Hedland at 57,129

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 30
B-26 Marauder x 4
P-38F Lightning x 2
P-38G Lightning x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 10 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAP Teiritsu Maru, heavy fires
xAP Teibi Maru, heavy fires
SC Ch 2
xAP Teia Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Teifu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 1

Japanese ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Don't know yet if they got anyone ashore, but I doubt they will be much use.

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Wrens at Candy House, get your own,

Single luckiest man in the entire outfit...

[sprior]

So, which one do you think is Miss Fay Dingway?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

So, which one do you think is Miss Fay Dingway?

Not the 4th one from left back row, I trust.[;)]

[sprior]

Woof!

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I tried to join the Wrens but failed the medical.

And we are really glad you failed.......[:D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

So, which one do you think is Miss Fay Dingway?

Not the 4th one from left back row, I trust.[;)]

Oi! Why is the 3rd one from left back row wielding the wolverine against those in the previous row? Are the Wrens so back-biting as to permit wolverine attacks against their own? [X(]

[CT Grognard]

For everyone's edification, I attach a picture of a real member of the WRNS.

[USSAmerica]

Hmmm.... things are looking up around here.  [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Nov. 16. 1942(c) (Cont...well, I gotta work don't i?))***********

SouPac: Tanna fell to the first attack. There was virtually no opposition. I imagine New Scotland is is similarly "defended".

Hawaii: The Oauhu to Maui outrigger canoe race was held today. A wonderul time was had by all. Admiral Kimmel's canoe beat General Short's canoe. The Jap sub that has been spotted 120 mi NNE of Pearl every day for the past three months did not harry the canoes. This is a good thing because Pearl has no ASW assets other than aircraft.

Wendover Field, Utah: Colder than Hell. The Field Air Duty Log now has 93 blank pages in a row. To keep up morale, Cpt. McCarthy ordered the wind sock be changed.

Port Hueneme, Calif.: Finals day at USN CB School. 1,287 of 1,287 students took and passed Calculus 201 (Polar Coordinates and Infinite Series) and Physical Chemistry 401. Even a guy that just has his appendix out passed. All the guys there on sports scholarships even passed. Seems a bit hard to believe but I just work here. They will be off to San Diego in 4 days.

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Tanna Is., 07:35, Nov, 15, 1942(c)****************

A green sound truck with grey pinstriping sits in a jungle clearing. On the side it reads "M&M Enterprises, Psyops Division". The operator depresses the "Talk" button.


"Muuuuuhaaaaa! This is Ensign McGoo. I have come on Spirit Plane. we have Spam, we have steel pots, we have Pabst Blue Ribbon from USofA! Throw down your weapons and come out. We have Lucky Strikes!"

<he releases the button and begins talking to the driver>

"Tom, I'm going out for a smoke. Drama major at UCLA and this is the best ******* gig I can get? ******* mosquitos." < He climbs down out of the truck and ambles away for a smoke. He dozes off with the cigarette still in his hand, propped up against a gum tree. He is startled awake by the loudspeaker>

"This Billy TwoFeathers. I am Navajo. Don't take white man's trinkets. Don't take firewater. White man speak with forked tongue. You should hold out for casino and not just slot machines either. You want table games, blackjack, craps too...."

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

For everyone's edification, I attach a picture of a real member of the WRNS.

Wait a minute. Is her hair regulation?

[CT Grognard]

I believe the WRNS Chief Officer in question is in regulation with WRNS, Officer, Blue No. 3S.

(S, of course, being "Seduction".)

[CT Grognard]

Single luckiest man in the entire outfit...

In real life he was Captain Robert Hugh Rump, RN, commander of HMS Phoenicia, the Royal Navy shore base on Malta.

The photo was taken in 1953.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

Single luckiest man in the entire outfit...

In real life he was Captain Robert Hugh Rump, RN, commander of HMS Phoenicia, the Royal Navy shore base on Malta.

The photo was taken in 1953.

That is quite utilitarian....putting Captain Rump-Ranger in charge of a bunch of women.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

For everyone's edification, I attach a picture of a real member of the WRNS.

Wait a minute. Is her hair regulation?

Can't tell. Her leg is in the way.