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

[Cap Mandrake]

Payback for Pruitt

Sub attack near Bathurst Island at 78,122

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 6, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Meade
CL St. Louis
CLAA San Juan
DD Clark
DD Cushing

The bad weather at Darwin shreds the first LYB attack? 3 Bettys launch but no hits.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
G4M1 Betty x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
Beaufighter Ic x 2
F4F-3A Wildcat x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 30


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Maryland

[Cap Mandrake]

I think this was an attack on one of the carrier taffys.
No Bettys get through the considerable CAP

Morning Air attack on TF, near Bathurst Island at 78,122

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
G4M1 Betty x 10



Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 8
Martlet II x 17
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 38


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

and again

Morning Air attack on TF, near Bathurst Island at 78,122

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 114 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 7



Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 8
Martlet II x 17
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 36


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

Not sure what these were doing or where exactly Moa is...maybe they were there to eat ammo??

Morning Air attack on TF, near Moa at 73,119

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 1
F4F-3A Wildcat x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 39
SBD-3 Dauntless x 17

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kokuei Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Bokuei Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Chosen Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAKL Haguro Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Yoshinogawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Hey look...a TBF hit something!

Morning Air attack on TF, near Moa at 73,119

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
TBF-1 Avenger x 17


Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAKL Chosen Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Kaishi Maru
xAKL Bokuei Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Yoshinogawa Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Kokuei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

No Allied losses

[Cap Mandrake]

Afternoon attack on Maryland. CAP is fatigued and out of position. 5 Bettys launch. I don't think the Empire is going to be celebrating.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
G4M1 Betty x 5
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 1
Beaufighter Ic x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Er yes, but we have to dislodge them

Damnit! It was going so well.

[Cap Mandrake]

Dramatic D-Day pictures

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I was made to go and see The Hunger Games yesterday. Not as bad as I feared.

Always better when you keep your expectations at a sufficiently low level.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

I was made to go and see The Hunger Games yesterday. Not as bad as I feared.

[:D] Did you try to imagine whats her name with her clothes off?

Why wouldn't I?

She's underage. [:-]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I had another brilliant marketing idea. A line of warm comfort pajamas for women with cute animal graphics. I know what you're thinking, "Mandrake, that has been done already"

Not really, see the idea is you only sell the bottoms, no tops. The line would be called "Hello *itty"

So solly, you inflinge on copylight....

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Dramatic D-Day pictures

[:D] Just what I was thinking - should be mandatory to pass surfboard training before an amphib assault since the war gods and the weather gods are in cahoots over invasion disruptus.

Re: the TBF hits - they don't really count since both those ships were drifting, burning hulks from bomb hits earlier.

[Moondawggie]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Dramatic D-Day pictures

Dude!

I had no idea you could surf the baseplate of a 60mm mortar all the way onto the beach!

Hey, isn't that Cpl. Dewey Weber on the left, and Sgt. Hobie Atler on the right?

Sweet!

[Chickenboy]

Totally inaccurate! Charlie don't surf!

[Cap Mandrake]

By ra way, pretend I didn't read the manual. Does a severe storm really make things difficult for an amphbious landing?

[Chickenboy]

You know, that's actually a good question. It *should*, but I don't believe that it does manifest in gameplay.

[sprior]

She's underage.

No she isn't, she's 22. Haven't you seen X-Men?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I had another brilliant marketing idea. A line of warm comfort pajamas for women with cute animal graphics. I know what you're thinking, "Mandrake, that has been done already"

Not really, see the idea is you only sell the bottoms, no tops. The line would be called "Hello *itty"

So solly, you inflinge on copylight....

Damn! Same thing happened when I invented the Internet!

[Cap Mandrake]

The turn is aboard the latest generation clipper ship headed WSW at 10 kts near the Azores.

Rord Admirar Nerson has apparently been released by the Apache upon his pledge he will not come back for Thanksgiving dinner.

The landing on Bathurst has not gone well. Torres St. Bn were (notice use of plural form here even though there is only one Bn...this is a curious grammatical aberration that the poor, barely literate bumpkins in the commonwealth..[except Canadians, I think]..use) ordered to seize the island but encountered some type of difficulty.

The original plan was for Torres Strait Bn. to seize the island, allowing a USMC Raider Bn, USMC Def. Bn. and engineers and AA to land with less disruption. I shall have to investigate.

[Historiker]

ORIGINAL: sprior

She's underage.

No she isn't, she's 22. Haven't you seen X-Men?

having a shapeshifter as girlfriend must be convenient... [8D]

[Cap Mandrake]

********Our Lady of Perpetual Guilt Catholic Church, Bathurst Is., Dec. 27, 1942(c)************


Maj. Sparks, Acting CO, His Majesty's forces, Bathurst: <His uniform is dishevled after his tumble into the water during landing. On his breast pocket there is stenciled "Leader Rating=38, Land Rating=36". This is not customary but was put there at the insistence of his former commander who had this to say on his evaluation, "Major Sparks is an unimaginative and extremely cautious officer, although it should be said his men would follow him anywhere even if it is chiefly out of curiosity".> Father, I'm afraid I must insist.

Fr. O'Brien: Insist all you wish, my son. I will not relinquish control, at least not wihtout a properly vetted contract. What of the Marina lease rights? I'm sorry, the Tawi people will not be treated like this. Out of Christian charity your men can encamp over there at the East side of the clearing but no coconut harvesting, is that clear?