At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Cap Mandrake]

But, as they uncovered Koumac, we respond with a daytime bombardment of Koumac...and hit paydirt. USN CL's sneak up the SW coast of N&IC.

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Naval bombardment of Koumac at 113,156

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 56 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 9 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL Helena
CL St. Louis
DD Selfridge
DD Case
DD Smith

Japanese ground losses:
796 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 46
Port hits 57
Port supply hits 20

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Better intel on the Geelong landing. 3 divisions plus a tank regiment, heavy arty and combat engineers and aviation support.

It's probably a feint.

[zuluhour]

tit for tat.....

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Better intel on the Geelong landing. 3 divisions plus a tank regiment, heavy arty and combat engineers and aviation support.

It's probably a feint.

Yes! Wait till the big invasion comes!

The Easter Bunny left a basket of eggs in Cape Town.

[Cap Mandrake]

Now, some of those replacement A/C will be in the RAF pool, right?

[desicat]

Where did all these supplies come from? Maybe you need to take a closer look......

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: desicat




Where did all these supplies come from? Maybe you need to take a closer look......

"Engineers inspect the new HoverTank. - March 18, 1942, WW-II(c, d, e)"

[Cap Mandrake]

..

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Now, some of those replacement A/C will be in the RAF pool, right?

They're all RAAF types....

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Reg

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Now, some of those replacement A/C will be in the RAF pool, right?

They're all RAAF types....

Bummer. I knew the Kittyhawks were but I thought the Vengeance and Spits might be of use to the RAF. We have only 1 RAAF fighter squadron because the replacement squadrons couldn't come in at Brisbane and Townsville. [:(]

[Cap Mandrake]

..

[Cap Mandrake]

Melbourne at 53% runway damage. We send in few pitiful P-40E's. Good luck guys.

[Cap Mandrake]

I am pretty sure SG has figured out that I am trying to not let her read the "blog" as she calls it. [:D] I don't think the parts about PG or
the "Mayan" she will find funny. [:)]


If I stop posting for 5 days it means:

1) I forgot to pay my ATT bill.
2) Magnitude 7.5 on Southern San Andreas
-or-
3) SG read "the blog"

[witpqs]

"One Rgt of LYB's coming ashore in peaceful Tasmania."

Errol Flynn is gonna be pissed!

[Cap Mandrake]

Easter Eggs at Cape Town. You open some up and they chopped celery instead of chocolate.

[Cap Mandrake]

British 44 Div is like a green American division without all the cool toys.

7th SA Armoured has good equipment for early '42 but apparently nobody told them how to turn on the Ronson engines.

2nd Para is pretty damn good but light on heavy weapons, of course.

27th Rhodesian fair to middling but good TO&E

[Cap Mandrake]

9th Australian Div arrives at Aden and is the best thing we have by far except for USMC.

All of the Cape Town units are flagged to SWPAC which....ummm....

[Cap Mandrake]

*****************Manila, March 17, 1942(e)*************


Pretentious looking dude (who really is full of himself) with spectacularly pressed uniform (by one of his 3 Filippina maids): What do you mean there's a problem with SWPAC?

[ny59giants]

El Chapo's hide out in Mexico is empty if you need a place to hide from SG. [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

El Chapo's hide out in Mexico is empty if you need a place to hide from SG. [;)]

Only if Kate Del Castillo comes to visit...without that a-hole Penn. [:)]