Not their finest day...(or anyone's Allied side):
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 11, 42
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Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,79
Japanese Ships
xAK Tonan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXVII
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Submarine attack near Babeldaob at 90,96
Japanese Ships
xAKL Fukeui Maru #7, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Searaven
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Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6
Allied aircraft
P-35A x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19
Ki-27b Nate x 18
Allied aircraft
P-35A x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 1 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 11
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 81 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Subic Bay Defenses , at 79,76 (Clark Field)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 95 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kota Bharu at 51,75
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-27b Nate x 1
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 12
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Bordeaux Maru
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Djailolo at 78,101
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 6
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 4
Buffalo I x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Matsukawa Maru
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Afternoon Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 50,83
(apparently Kido Butai's race around Circus Maximus aka Borneo has started...)[:'(]
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
D3A1 Val x 22
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 10
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 55,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 4
Buffalo I x 6
Hudson I x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed
Hudson I: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku
CV Kaga
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 55,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 11
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Manila Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Sanko Maru
xAK Kagu Maru
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 4
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 10
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Tacoma Maru
xAK Kagu Maru
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 55,86
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6
Buffalo I x 10
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 4 destroyed
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed by flak
Buffalo I: 5 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
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ASW attack near Singkawang at 55,86
Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Fuyo
DD Kasumi
Allied Ships
SS KXIII, hits 2
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Ground combat at 71,56 (near Lang Son)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7037 troops, 72 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 147
Defending force 8668 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107
Japanese adjusted assault: 94
Allied adjusted defense: 75
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13081 troops, 120 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 307
Defending force 19974 troops, 152 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 321
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 123
Allied adjusted defense: 477
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
444 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Allied ground losses:
423 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
16th Division
Defending units:
1st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
II Philippine Corps
USAFFE
Cavite USN Base Force
Manila USAAF Base Force
PAF Aviation
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 42
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Submarine attack near Iba at 75,71
Japanese Ships
xAK Hokusho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-40
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Buffalo I x 8
Hudson I x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Matsukawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 1
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Sanko Maru, Bomb hits 1
PB Myoken Maru
xAP Hakone Maru
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest III x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest III: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAP Hakone Maru
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tjilatjap at 51,102
(thank you very much...though they managed to unload most of their supply...but...)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N2 Kate x 33
D3A1 Val x 35
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAK City of Exeter, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Baron Cawdor, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Elysia, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Adrastus, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Salland, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Stanmore, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Adrastus
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Stanmore
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK City of Exeter
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
B5N2 Kate x 21
Allied aircraft
B-339D x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
HDML P 14
HDML P 16
HDML P 9, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
(this is extremely amusing, since HDMLs are very tiny...3 torpedo hits..guys are on their way to moon...) [:D]
HDML P 12
HDML P 15
This is HDML:
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13
Ki-27b Nate x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7
Vildebeest III x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Sanko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 8
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAP Hakone Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 5918 troops, 51 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 457
Defending force 8736 troops, 31 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 269
Japanese adjusted assault: 210
Allied adjusted defense: 77
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
346 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
62nd Infantry Group
Kure 2nd SNLF
28th Shipping Engineer Regiment
5th Naval Construction Battalion
Defending units:
3rd/101st PA Battalion
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Division
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
III Philippine Corps
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Ground combat at 71,56 (near Lang Son)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6988 troops, 72 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 141
Defending force 8621 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103
Japanese adjusted assault: 130
Allied adjusted defense: 109
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18494 troops, 241 guns, 119 vehicles, Assault Value = 555
Defending force 35823 troops, 539 guns, 578 vehicles, Assault Value = 985
Japanese adjusted assault: 234
Allied adjusted defense: 1327
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1563 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 180 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
48th Division
7th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
3rd Engineer Construction Battalion
Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Subic Bay Defenses
14th PS Engineer Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
202nd PA Construction Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I Philippine Corps
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Provisional GMC Grp
1st PI Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
Far East USAAF
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
201st PA Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
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Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 22207 troops, 391 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 725
Defending force 19836 troops, 238 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 571
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 6
Allied adjusted defense: 397
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 66 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
322 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
5th Division
113th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
15th Naval Guard Unit
25th Army
56th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
56th Engineer Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
11th Indian Division
1st Mysore Battalion
5/14th Punjab Battalion
9th Indian Division
III Indian Corps
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
1st Hyderabad Battalion
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
111th RAF Base Force