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

[Gridley380]

Careful, in 1943(c) the Browns might be an elite force.

[sprior]

As me and the Cap are the omnipotent creators of 1943(c) they're what we say they are.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

As me and the Cap are the omnipotent creators of 1943(c) they're what we say they are.

Dood, I just thought of something. When we do the attack on Sumatra we should have the Jap carriers come out into the Indian Ocean and then get intercepted by Repulse and freakin' Prince of Wales in the daylight. How cool would that be? That would be epic! Only thing is I forget which Jap carriers we claimed were sunk already.

[Cap Mandrake]

Stalker Girl and I went sailing Sunday..sort of..so anyway, the instructor has familiarized us with the boat and we get to a quiet area where we need to turn so he challenges SG to take the helm and describes the steps to take..

Ready?

Yeah, I think so.

OK, we switch. you come back here and take the helm. When you are ready call "helm's alee" and pull the tiller toward you. I'll handle the sails.

<they switch>

OK, I'm ready. "HELM'S ALEE!"

<the bow starts to come around..."Damn, I thought, that was pretty confident sounding" I duck under the boom. My job is to spot the paddleboarders and make sure we don't pull a trireme on one. We cross over to a new tack and I think "Nice, now straigthen out"...but we don't. We are still turning. I look back and SG is pinned over on one side with both hands on the boom. She hasn't moved and the tiller is still hard over. [:D][:D] We're still turning. I try not to laugh. Here comes the boom again. The instructor ducks under the boom and takes over the helm but we have done a 360. [:D][:D]

He didn't let her try again after that. hehehehehehe. Sailing is fun.

[BBfanboy]

Sounds like a real boom-doggle!
I learned sailing when I was 16 [in Sea Cadets]. After a one-trip lesson in a two-man boat they turned it over to the cadets and away we went. About half the neophytes flipped the boat and had to be towed in. I was not in that half but running with the water lapping at your gunnels is both exhilarating and disconcerting! One of life's great experiences.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

As me and the Cap are the omnipotent creators of 1943(c) they're what we say they are.

A few days in Vichy and the power goes straight to his head...[:-]

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Jan. 26, 1943(3c)***********


Lautem: The great bulk of the Marine Regt and all of the Marine Def Bn are ashore at Lautem. Intel rerport shows perhaps 4:1 aircraft losses in favor of the P-40's last turn over Lautem. Some LYB's have either walked or driven in from Dili. I doubt they will be enough to dislodge a reinforced regiment of Marines with 100% prep. The AP named after one our most forgettable Presidents, Rutherfor B. Hayes, is still afloat. The AP's can pull back today and let the smaller vessels unload cargo. P-40's will be up in the air again today.

Koepang: 65% runway damage reported. I will send Washington back to bombard. She should arrive the night of 27/28. More B-24 raids.

Namlea: Reinforcments arrive today by amphibious TF. Air covber from the carriers and from P-40's at the airfield.

Derby: In allied hands now. RAAF aviation support will fly in from Bathurst to support some fighters and recon aircraft.

[Cap Mandrake]

Women's beach volleyball in sweats?????

I demand answers.


Mens synchronized diving?????

Ok, that's it. Can we just get to the track and field events please?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Women's beach volleyball in sweats?????

I demand answers.

Wife complained that the USA team was still playing in bikinis with the weather so cold.

"Shut up, woman!" Maybe I thought that instead of yelled it.

Mens synchronized diving?????

Ok, that's it. Can we just get to the track and field events please?

Then she went on endlessly about the men's skimpy Speedos.

"Shut..."

[sprior]

Doing a bit of a shuffle in India, getting ready for an assault on Ramree Island after Bengay. Meanwhile a few incursions into western Burma to keep JJ interested there.

[Cap Mandrake]

***************Jan. 26, 1943(c)*************

Oi, likely damaged, was hiding at anchor. Washington will pay a visit again tonight. Probably the Tinas were at Koepang to evacuate troops from Oz.


Koepang: More pounding by air. 18 P-38's swept the CAP, claiming 3 of the 5 Tojos that managed to get aloft. Then the B-24's showed up.

Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 61
P-40E Warhawk x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 17 destroyed on ground
D3A2 Val: 4 destroyed on ground
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 3 destroyed on ground
L3Y2 Tina: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Oi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokuzyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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



Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 46
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 3

[Cap Mandrake]

Namlea: JJ Sweeps aggressively with Tojos. Not sure if there was supposed to be an airfield or anti-shipping attack to follow. In any event, it did not happen. The Corsair sees its first combat. Looks like a draw.

Morning Air attack on Namlea , at 76,108

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 17
P-40K Warhawk x 28
F4U-1 Corsair x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Chikuma and pals evidently hoped to intercept Arried shipping at either Namlea or Boela. It did not work. First the Marine SBD's from Namlea attack.


Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Obi at 76,105

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 3
F4U-1 Corsair x 1
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma

Then the carrier planes from about 80 mi to the SE of Namlea. Evidently, the IJN did not anticipate the Northwesterly movement of the carriers during the night.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Obi at 76,105

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 30
SBD-3 Dauntless x 45


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tadeyame, Bomb hits 1
DD Sagiri, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Hatsushima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage


11 hits/45 sorties on an undamaged CA/DD force. Not bad.

[Cap Mandrake]

Buma: Better loss ratios. I think this represents an LRCAP v LRCAP battle to some extent. Ground attacks on the LYB brigade halfway between Mandaray and Myitkynia.

Morning Air attack on 14th Tank Regiment, at 61,42 , near Katha

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24



Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 15
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Liberator II x 15
Wellington Ic x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

Mandrake Jr. is dealing with a college bureaucracy at a public university. After a frustrating day of standing in lines she lamented,

"Dad, it's like one office doesn't talk to the other."


Now, this in one of those critical junctures in the life of a young adult when the patient and sage advice of a more experienced person can lift and inspire, giving that fragile ego the courage to move forward. I paused.....


"Of course not sweetheart, they work for the government."

[Chickenboy]

I don't care for your tone, sir. Why, with attitudes like that, it's very hard to move. Forward. It's hard to move forward, that is. [8|]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

I don't care for your tone, sir. Why, with attitudes like that, it's very hard to move. Forward. It's hard to move forward, that is. [8|]

[:D] "Forward, Comrades!"

I wonder wonder if I'm the only one who got that?

[Walloc]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Mens synchronized diving?????

Ok, that's it. Can we just get to the track and field events please?

Please!

Currently on channel 1, danish telly. An actual danish princess, on a horse. Forcing it to tiptoe in varying configurations around a small enclosure. [>:][>:][>:]


Thank heavens that the football seaons starts soon. So did M&M Enterprises have any thing to do with the sale of the Cleveland Clowns?

Rasmus

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Walloc

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Mens synchronized diving?????

Ok, that's it. Can we just get to the track and field events please?

Please!

Currently on channel 1, danish telly. An actual danish princess, on a horse. Forcing it to tiptoe in varying configurations around a small enclosure. [>:][>:][>:]


Thank heavens that the football seaons starts soon. So did M&M Enterprises have any thing to do with the sale of the Cleveland Clowns?

Rasmus

Dressage isnt elitist at all. [:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
I wonder wonder if I'm the only one who got that?

I think so... [:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Women's beach volleyball in sweats?????

I demand answers.


Mens synchronized diving?????

Ok, that's it. Can we just get to the track and field events please?

Got to track & field. Its pouring rain. Welcome to Londinium. [:D]