Weather: Partly Cloudy
Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Kikuzuki
Allied Ships
SS S-38
**That had me worried
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 10,62 . . . Hmmm, what's this?
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsushimo
DD Shikinami
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asakaze, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Oite, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 3, on fire
Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 1
CA Minneapolis
CA Australia
CL St. Louis
CL Phoenix
CL Nashville
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 1
DD Drayton, Shell hits 2
DD Lamson
DD Conyngham
DD Cushing
DD Smith
DD Preston
DD Fanning
Didn't see that lurking. Time to bring down the CV's for payback, and the bring in the big boys.
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Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 38
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 336
Guns lost 3
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 8
Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet
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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 19
P-40E Kittyhawk x 12
A-24 Dauntless x 7
B-26B Marauder x 21
Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Dauntless x 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, on fire, heavy damage
Attacking Level Bombers:
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57
Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 24
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, on fire, heavy damage
Attacking Level Bombers:
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4
B-26B Marauder x 6
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Attacking Level Bombers:
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57
Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 24
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Attacking Level Bombers:
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5
B-26B Marauder x 14
no losses
Attacking Level Bombers:
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 14,52
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 3
Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder x 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi
Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet
**Those are like freebies. Can't give out too many of them
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/25/42
Weather: Clear
Ground combat at Cooktown
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1181 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Cooktown base !!!
__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/26/42
Weather: Thunderstorms
IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
D3A Val x 38
B5N Kate x 48
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 33
P-40E Kittyhawk x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 9 destroyed
D3A Val x 14 damaged
B5N Kate x 20 destroyed
B5N Kate x 33 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 9 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 3 damaged
PO1 H.Kawabata of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4
Allied Ships
CA Australia
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1
CL Nashville, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Drayton
DD Preston
DD Cushing
DD Lamson
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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
D3A Val x 50
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 4 destroyed
D3A Val x 15 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 13 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 destroyed
PO2 W.Sugiyama of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 6
Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu, on fire
CL St. Louis, on fire
CL Nashville, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
D3A Val x 28
B5N Kate x 16
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-40E Kittyhawk x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 5 destroyed
D3A Val x 21 damaged
B5N Kate x 9 destroyed
B5N Kate x 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 3 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 destroyed
WO S.Matsuba of AI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4
Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1
CA Louisville
DD Stack, Bomb hits 1
DD Mugford
DD Hull
DD Ellet
**Wow, heavy Surface forces in and around Townsville. I'd better not hang around too long, my planes are getting slaughtered by AA fire.
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IJN Air attack on Allied TF at 9,56
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 45
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 11 destroyed
B5N Kate x 15 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Wilkes, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Monssen
DD Lang, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
DD Hughes
DD Benham, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mustin
DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
**He F/T an RCT into Cairns to beat up my garrison. Too bad I already pulled them out
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Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
D3A Val x 3
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
D3A Val x 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged
PO2 M.Doikawa of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3
Allied Ships
DD Ralph Talbot
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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
D3A Val x 14
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 7 destroyed
D3A Val x 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 3 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 3 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged
ENS M.Abe of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2
LCDR K.Kanzaki of BI-2 Daitai is KILLED
Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese Ships
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Dewey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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**I wish my planes would not attack from Extended Range unless I approve.
__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/27/42
Weather: Overcast
Sub attack at 10,59
Japanese Ships
SS I-26
Allied Ships
DD Meredith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)
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Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 50
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 303
Guns lost 1
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet
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IJA Air attack on USN TF at 10,47
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 13 damaged
Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1
CL Leander
DD Lamson
Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
**This North Carolina TF is about 120 miles off Cooktown running toward Port Moresby, and there's a DD TF ahead of it. Why would he risk running into my carriers? I'd be scared to death of them
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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
B5N Kate x 32
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 5 destroyed
B5N Kate x 22 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Case, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mahan
DD Mustin
DD Monssen
DD Balch
DD Phelps
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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 20
B5N Kate x 11
no losses
Allied Ships
DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lang, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Cairns
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3110 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Cairns base !!!
**An entire 99 strength RGT of 7th Aus (I think) to capture and empty base. I'd like it back though...
__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/28/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Sub attack at 11,60
Japanese Ships
SS I-22
Allied Ships
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese Ships
SS I-174
Allied Ships
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Sub attack at 11,60
Japanese Ships
SS I-22
Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Preston
DD Porter
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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese Ships
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Preston
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**I thought he might press on to Port Moresby, but I guessed wrong. I'll see what I can clean and fry in the aftermath.
__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/29/42
Weather: Clear
Sub attack near Basilaki Island at 18,42
Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Yura
DD Yukaze
Allied Ships
SS S-43, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
D3A Val x 9
Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 21
P-39D Airacobra x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
D3A Val x 4 destroyed
D3A Val x 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 4 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
DD Aaron Ward
DD Ellet, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Ground combat at Lea Lea . . . Sealing off retreat of Port Moresby
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 864 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lea Lea base !!!
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Ground combat at Basilaki Island . . . Sealing off Port Gili Gili
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 703 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Basilaki Island base !!!
__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/30/42
Weather: Thunderstorms
IJA Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 8
Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 7 destroyed
G3M Nell x 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
D3A Val x 4
B5N Kate x 27
Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 3 damaged
B5N Kate x 9 destroyed
B5N Kate x 19 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
DD Smith
DD Phelps, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston
DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Conyngham
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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
D3A Val x 20
Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 12 destroyed
D3A Val x 10 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Sterett, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Aaron Ward
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
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IJA Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 5
Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 5 destroyed
G3M Nell x 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CA Northampton
CL Phoenix
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Ground combat at Port Moresby
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 2782 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 744 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 9
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 793
Guns lost 1
**Another virtual freebie.
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**I think it's time to retire my CV's for refit for a while. Their airgroups have been thinned quite a bit and there are 2 more CV's in theatre.
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