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

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy



Let me guess: nuns slapping the hysterical woman? Inflating the autopilot?

I am guessing it is the literal depiction of excrement striking the blades of the rotating air moving device...

Yes...smell not included.

I read about a study on one of the space shuttles. The excrement was going to be freeze dried so it could be studied and a comparison done of the minerals going in with the minerals coming out. The excrement was going to be scattered on a wall, freeze dried, then studied later. The problem was when the excrement hit the fan, it did not scatter.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso



I am guessing it is the literal depiction of excrement striking the blades of the rotating air moving device...

Yes...smell not included.

I read about a study on one of the space shuttles. The excrement was going to be freeze dried so it could be studied and a comparison done of the minerals going in with the minerals coming out. The excrement was going to be scattered on a wall, freeze dried, then studied later. The problem was when the excrement hit the fan, it did not scatter.

What did they expect, with a diet of toothpaste-like food from a tube?

[Cap Mandrake]

************January 29, 1943(e)***********

Japans: USS Growler commander up by the HI to try to pick off Hiryu gets pissed off at the dud torps and decides to use the deck gun.

Submarine attack near Hamamatsu at 110,64

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hakusan Maru #2, Shell hits 24, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Growler, hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Ceram mostly: JJ has become very agitated with our tiny operations to reinforce Ceram. The idea was to hack our way through the jungle to Ambon. This may not work. [:D] Clearly the focus is now on isolating Luzon and Mindanao

Night Naval bombardment of Boela at 80,110

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Nagato
DD Oite
DD Amagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Uranami

Allied ground losses:
182 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Resources hits 1
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

PT boats stray too close in daylight

Day Time Surface Combat, near Boela at 79,109, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Ise
DD Uranami
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri
DD Oite

Allied Ships
PT-172
PT-175
PT-176
PT-177
PT-178, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-179, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-180, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

Boela gets 40 Zeke sweep sorties but we don't defend.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Ceram mostly: JJ has become very agitated with our tiny operations to reinforce Ceram. The idea was to hack our way through the jungle to Ambon. This may not work. [:D] Clearly the focus is now on isolating Luzon and Mindanao

You should rename Ceram to Saran, so the Japs will wrap around it.

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Many sweeps and bomber raids over Clark and Batan, the island. We have some success unloading supplies by AK on Mindanao and Batan Is but the air transport effort to Luzon results in the loss of 7 planes.

[Cap Mandrake]

New Ireland: Bombers concentrate on Namatanai

Afternoon Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 9
P-40K Warhawk x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 18

and

Afternoon Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6
LB-30 Liberator x 4
B-24D Liberator x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 17

[Cap Mandrake]

Indiana bombards Rabaul. Planes are gone except for cripples. A few ships left behind.

Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125

Japanese Ships
xAK Taihei Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Miike Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
BB Indiana
DD Gansevoort
DD Lansdowne
DD Radford

Japanese ground losses:
332 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 31 (13 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19
Port hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Clark bombed. Batan Is bombed. Manila AF just packed with planes.

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

PI: Clark bombed. Batan Is bombed. Manila AF just packed with planes.

Time to get bombed on the balcony.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

PI: Clark bombed. Batan Is bombed. Manila AF just packed with planes.

Time to get bombed on the balcony.

Don't give Cap any ideas. Not like he needs an excuse to get 'bombed'.

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

************January 29, 1943(e)***********

Japans: USS Growler commander up by the HI to try to pick off Hiryu gets pissed off at the dud torps and decides to use the deck gun.

Submarine attack near Hamamatsu at 110,64

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hakusan Maru #2, Shell hits 24, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Growler, hits 1

One of the many youtube videos has a story about a U.S. sub that caught up with a japanese Whaling vessel. Fired fifteen torpedoes, thirteen hit and none went off. [X(]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

************January 29, 1943(e)***********

Japans: USS Growler commander up by the HI to try to pick off Hiryu gets pissed off at the dud torps and decides to use the deck gun.

Submarine attack near Hamamatsu at 110,64

Japanese Ships
xAKL Hakusan Maru #2, Shell hits 24, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Growler, hits 1

One of the many youtube videos has a story about a U.S. sub that caught up with a japanese Whaling vessel. Fired fifteen torpedoes, thirteen hit and none went off. [X(]

That's a 'whale' of a story. [:D]

[Barb]

Its not just a story:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tonan3_t.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tinos ... ugust_1943

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Barb

Its not just a story:
http://www.combinedfleet.com/Tonan3_t.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tinos ... ugust_1943

Yes, this was in Drachinifel's video on the MK 14 torpedo.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Ceram mostly: JJ has become very agitated with our tiny operations to reinforce Ceram. The idea was to hack our way through the jungle to Ambon. This may not work. [:D] Clearly the focus is now on isolating Luzon and Mindanao

You should rename Ceram to Saran, so the Japs will wrap around it.

We are already using bombers made from aluminum to foil their plans of world domination.

[Cap Mandrake]

**************January 30, 1943(e)************

Midway to Mindanao: Jap subs out hunting our intrepid AK's. I think this one had some aviation engineering equipment aboard? KB is spotted again moving SW in the Philippine Sea

Sub attack near Iwo-jima at 111,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
xAK Vito, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: These are what the sweeps are like over Clark. Too much to handle.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 24,190 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 21
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 38

No Japanese losses