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

[Cap Mandrake]

14:50

More lost Kates find Canberra under tow. It isn't sporting but considering the big picture.....


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Exmouth at 53,127

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
B5N2 Kate x 5



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Canberra, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Shaw

[Cap Mandrake]

Next step Darwin, baby!

Should we hire a contractor to make all the guard towers?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Next step Darwin, baby!

Should we hire a contractor to make all the guard towers?

Nahhh! Just let the LYBs open their own sushi restaurants and they won't try to go anywhere ....
Maybe M&M Enterprises could get the exclusive import license for Sapporo beer!

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Great result CM! Here's hoping your BBs escape without too much retribution!

It's been a long AAR so I can't remember all the results you have on LYB capital ships sunk. Could you post a screenshot of the Intel screen on sunk IJN warships, at least CV/BB/CA types?

You havent seent he good part yet. [:)] The ball is still arcing upward. Can definitely post some intel screens when I get home..or perhaps Admiral Lord Sprior can if he hasn't had to much Chateau de Whatever.

Allied capital unit losses:

[sprior]

IJN capital losses:

[sprior]

That was before today's battles. I think these reports lie like hairy dogs.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

That was before today's battles. I think these reports lie like hairy dogs.

Ya think? [:)]

Kaga was in the fight today as was Nagato

[BBfanboy]

Given that your Nov 27-28 results show engagements with Nagato and Kaga which are listed on the intel reports as already sunk, your suspicions are confirmed. The question is:
- do the latest combat reports misidentify the ships and you really hit Mutsu and Akagi??
- or were the ships reported sunk previously actually Mutsu and Akagi misidentified as Nagato and Kaga??
- or [more likely] were the intel weenies guilty of wishful thinking in previous estimates of enemy losses?

AHH - fog of war can never allow you to relax and go celebrate! [8|]

[Cap Mandrake]

I think we have sunk Nagato at least 3-4 times. One of these times it will be true.

[Cap Mandrake]

Based on carrier plane "ground losses", I deem it highly likely that Kaga or Akagi was sunk on or around 10-4-42 and that the sister ship is not feeling so good right now.

[sprior]

Now we have to get the ground forces resupplied and then pull back the capital units for the Darwin op.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Now we have to get the ground forces resupplied and then pull back the capital units for the Darwin op.

This recent business started as an attempt to "show the carriers". Do you think they spotted them?

[sprior]

Spotted but not striped.

[sprior]

Perhaps it's just as well saner heads didn't prevail.

[SqzMyLemon]

ORIGINAL: sprior

until now...that is four torps now.

And this last one is a proper grown up f***-off torpedo, not one of those pansy air dropped ones.

Like the "Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels" reference. [8D]. At least I think it is.

[Cap Mandrake]

Not that I am complaining but our SBD squadrons paid the price.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: sprior

That was before today's battles. I think these reports lie like hairy dogs.

As opposed to hairless dogs?

[House Stark]

Mandrake, I noticed that 9 Zeroes and Kates went down on the ground. Do you think that was a CVE or CVL going under?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: House Stark

Mandrake, I noticed that 9 Zeroes and Kates went down on the ground. Do you think that was a CVE or CVL going under?

Hard to know as the Jap strike was already airborne. They might have been damaged planes left in the hanger from previous day's activity. There have also been some Zeroes caught on the ground at PH.


Mouseover shows very large numbers of planes on the ground at PH and Broome. These likely represent carrier aircraft diverted after their decks were afire.

Br. 2nd Div is at 87 disruption although I think the Emperor's boys are hurting too.

[sprior]

The damage to our BBs