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

[Cap Mandrake]

Leyte: We haven't been able to get recon aircraft to fly over Leyte for two days. Something about union-mandated meal breaks on long flights. So we send in some bombers to see if anything brows up. These are the baaahstards that sunk that CVE and damaged 2 more.

Morning Air attack on Baybay , at 81,86

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14

[Cap Mandrake]

Batangas (Central Luzon): Even a P-40B autographed personally by Mr. Wright himself can shoot down a Heren. They are probably going after tankers.

Morning Air attack on Batangas , at 79,78

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 9

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

No Allied losses

Some Kates.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Batangas at 79,78

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
A6M3a Zero x 1
B5N2 Kate x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-40B Warhawk x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

A pattern is emerging. JJ brings in fresh pranes with hot shot fighters. They break through our CAP and sink something, then there are several days of scattershot raids where we blow them out of the sky.

[Cap Mandrake]

Koepang (yes, the one on Dutch Timor): I wonder if we got baited into this? Some RAAF pilots with converted airliners get a bit too frisky.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
Hudson IIIa x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Noto Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 7000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Night air raid. Damn lot of destruction for three rousy Herens. Not sure why the idiot staff flunkies left C-47's there.

Beyond the obvious failings of the staff flunkies, of course-was this airfield grossly overstacked? Night bombing seems to cause much more damage on overstacked airfields, IME. When I've backed off of that, night bombing effects mitigated further.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Night air raid. Damn lot of destruction for three rousy Herens. Not sure why the idiot staff flunkies left C-47's there.

Beyond the obvious failings of the staff flunkies, of course-was this airfield grossly overstacked? Night bombing seems to cause much more damage on overstacked airfields, IME. When I've backed off of that, night bombing effects mitigated further.

It's a level 3 field. Not overstacked. Maybe 40-50 aircraft.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Night air raid. Damn lot of destruction for three rousy Herens. Not sure why the idiot staff flunkies left C-47's there.

Beyond the obvious failings of the staff flunkies, of course-was this airfield grossly overstacked? Night bombing seems to cause much more damage on overstacked airfields, IME. When I've backed off of that, night bombing effects mitigated further.

It's a level 3 field. Not overstacked. Maybe 40-50 aircraft.

How many engines?

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy




Beyond the obvious failings of the staff flunkies, of course-was this airfield grossly overstacked? Night bombing seems to cause much more damage on overstacked airfields, IME. When I've backed off of that, night bombing effects mitigated further.

It's a level 3 field. Not overstacked. Maybe 40-50 aircraft.

How many engines?

The answer would be interesting to me .. as I thought engines only affected the offensive payload and operational losses not overstacking ... and air groups must not exceed airfield # +1 no matter the number of airplanes in each group or pay the overstacking penalty .. and I might propose that it is a threshold rather than a spectrum .. that is if airfield is overstacked -> decimate airgroups ...draw extra supplies .. etc ...

[8D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Batan Is. (before the raid) 39 Spits/P-40K, 20 C-47, 12 PBY


79 engines on the ground based aircraft, 103 counting the seaplanes.

Level 3 airfield, level 2 forts

14th Marine Def Bn for AAA

[FOW]

Did one of your staff flunkies previously hold a posting to Wheeler Field in Dec 41(c)?

If so he must have had all the planes lined up in the middle of the airfield to protect them from saboteurs and got them bombed - again!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: FOW

Did one of your staff flunkies previously hold a posting to Wheeler Field in Dec 41(c)?

If so he must have had all the planes lined up in the middle of the airfield to protect them from saboteurs and got them bombed - again!

Well, I did find a 1st Lt Short. You don't think?

I think this may also be a problem. Maybe in the last Beta? I should have read the update notes. I think we might have gone over the top on the micromanagement thing.

[Cap Mandrake]

*******Sports Physical for football, tough ass 14 year old************

FAM: Are you having any bone or joint problems?

Tough ass 14 year old: Yeah, my feet hurt all the time.

FAM: Well, let's take a look at your feet then. <he is wearing boarder shoes (a slab of rubber with canvas sewn own). They look like an African elephant borrowed them for a day. His feet look like they have no bones. They just spread out to occupy the space available> Ah, there's your problem. You have flat feet. You need support. I would suggest a pair of New Balance...

Tough ass 14 year old: <with utter disdain he cuts me off> I'm not wearing running shoes!

Mom of tough-assed 14 year old: <slightly embarrassed at her son's rudeness> He's kind of stubborn. He has a look he's going for.

FAM: Fair enough.

Tough ass 14 year old: But my feet hurt all the time.

FAM: <now I am starting to get annoyed but I continue to pretend to smile> There is no surgery option. There is no medicine to fix this. You are going to have this your whole life. We can get you some inserts but they wont work in these shoes.

Tough ass 14 year old: I told you I'm not wearin' those things.

FAM: How about Asics then?

Tough ass 14 year old: <shakes his head>

Mom of tough-assed 14 year old: What about Nike, sweetheart? <this just pisses him off, calling him "sweetheart". It is also a serious abuse of the Engrish language>

Tough ass 14 year old: No way!

FAM: Well, there is option M.

Tough ass 14 year old: Yeah?

FAM: NASA is planning a mission to Mars in a decade or two. The zero G would help. Until then you are just going to have to stop complaining.


His mom laughed. The 14 year old did not think it funny. He will probably never come back to see me. I got over it pretty fast. I ordered a bunch of blood tests. [:)]

I am shocked sometimes by the way teenage boys treat their moms. Teen girls can be bad as well but the macho, king of the universe, testosterone-fueled crap from a 138 lbr is seriously annoying.

[BBfanboy]

Sadly, there is a high probability that lad will treat every other woman in his life with the same disdain, and probably physically abuse them too. At least until some desirable female with solid self-respect tells him to get stuffed, repeatedly. Sometimes that turns on the lights in the testosterone fog.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Batan Is. (before the raid) 39 Spits/P-40K, 20 C-47, 12 PBY


79 engines on the ground based aircraft, 103 counting the seaplanes.

Level 3 airfield, level 2 forts

14th Marine Def Bn for AAA

AV support level? I don't suppose an Air HQ is within range either?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Batan Is. (before the raid) 39 Spits/P-40K, 20 C-47, 12 PBY


79 engines on the ground based aircraft, 103 counting the seaplanes.

Level 3 airfield, level 2 forts

14th Marine Def Bn for AAA

AV support level? I don't suppose an Air HQ is within range either?

I think there is about 150 AV support. There is an air HQ at Vigan. I think its V Bomber Command. Might be in range. Does that really affect ground aircraft losses? Repair, yes, but ground losses due to a raid?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Batan Is. (before the raid) 39 Spits/P-40K, 20 C-47, 12 PBY


79 engines on the ground based aircraft, 103 counting the seaplanes.

Level 3 airfield, level 2 forts

14th Marine Def Bn for AAA

AV support level? I don't suppose an Air HQ is within range either?

I think there is about 150 AV support. There is an air HQ at Vigan. I think its V Bomber Command. Might be in range. Does that really affect ground aircraft losses? Repair, yes, but ground losses due to a raid?

Of course - you need an Air HQ to tell you where to park your planes, and how to suck eggs! [8|]

[Cap Mandrake]

OK, I checked. 100 Aviation support at Batan Is.

Gen Kenney and the Fifth Air Force RAMF's are at Vigan. Their cheap Japanese transistor radios only reach 5 hexes.

The Bishop of Manila is still at Milo's Breastaurant. He is having trouble not looking at the Filipino headlights.

[Cap Mandrake]

************Milo's Breastaurant, Batangas*********


Aracelli, one of the cocktail waitresses, brings another round of whiskey. She's beautiful, did I mention that? She leans forward slowly and quite obviously on purpose. Newtonian physics takes over and there is some skin/costume separation with nipplage.


Bishop O'Doherty: <in a moment of weakness, his reptilian brain, which he has been trying to suppress for 3 decades, throws off the bondage of his neocortex and he looks...too long...he is aware his mouth is open. He closes his eyes> Hail Mary, full of grace.....

[Cap Mandrake]

Check this out. Bishop O'Doherty of Manila is the only one since 1861 without a picture. [X(] I wonder what is going to happen to him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Manila

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

************Milo's Breastaurant, Batangas*********


Aracelli, one of the cocktail waitresses, brings another round of whiskey. She's beautiful, did I mention that? She leans forward slowly and quite obviously on purpose. Newtonian physics takes over and there is some skin/costume separation with nipplage.


Bishop O'Doherty: <in a moment of weakness, his reptilian brain, which he has been trying to suppress for 3 decades, throws off the bondage of his neocortex and he looks...too long...he is aware his mouth is open. He closes his eyes> Hail Mary, full of grace.....

[laughs in a manic Bayou accent] "Boy! There's something wrong with your medulla oblongata!"