The Allies at Port Moresby are all but zeroed now. The 34th CER surrendered.
Screen shots were just black squares... turns out it is because the dodgy old laptop needs some sort of upgrade that is now taking forever...
I hope it still works after...
CVL Mizuho finally finished conversion.
It had been stuck on 1 day to go in pierside mode for a few days until I put it in readiness and paid the 3 day tax to get it back into service that way.
I won’t call what happened the “b” word, but the dockyard workers were not performing as expected.
The Allies lose abobut 25x 4E bombers to all causes from unescorted attacks on Akyab Airfield, the Yamato Div at Milne Bay and KB(!) near Port Moresby.
No bombs hit IJN ships as they were bombing from 20k’.
Musashi’s AA gunners shot down a 4E so will paint a silhouette of it on one of the funnels
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 13, 43
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ASW attack near Manado at 76,100
PB Fuji Maru
SS Salmon is located by PB Fuji Maru
PB Fuji Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Fuji Maru is out of ASW ammo
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Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 – still no Night Fighters, I must have forgotten to move some to Chittagong again…
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Allied aircraft
Liberator GR.III x 6
6 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Liberator B.III x 3
3 x Liberator B.III bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Liberator GR.III x 5
Liberator GR.III: 1 damaged
5 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
Liberator GR.III x 5
Liberator GR.III: 2 damaged
5 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
Liberator GR.III x 7
7 x Liberator GR.III bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 8 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at 24th Infantry Division
CA Maya firing at 24th Infantry Division
CA Atago firing at 24th Infantry Division
CA Takao firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Nowaki firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Amatsukaze firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Hayashio firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Yukikaze firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Natsushio firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Oyashio firing at 24th Infantry Division
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130
Allied ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
BB Musashi firing at 24th Infantry Division
BB Yamato firing at 24th Infantry Division
CL Agano firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Kiyonami firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Onami firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Suzunami firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Tamanami firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Makinami firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Yugumo firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Niizuki firing at 24th Infantry Division
DD Susuzuki firing at 2nd Australian Division
DD Shimakaze firing at 24th Infantry Division
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ASW attack near Makassar at 65,107
SC Ch 34
SC Ch 39
SS Bluefish is located by SC Ch 34
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Morning Air attack on 31st Infantry Regiment, at 56,31 , near Rangpur
Ki-84a Frank x 23
23 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
G3M3 Nell x 9
9 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 31st Infantry Regiment, at 56,31 , near Rangpur
Ki-84a Frank x 8
8 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 31st Infantry Regiment, at 56,31 , near Rangpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 34
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
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Morning Air attack on 31st Infantry Regiment, at 56,31 , near Rangpur
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 18
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on I US Corps, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 38
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 14
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10
Ki-84a Frank x 17
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
B6N2 Jill x 11
Ki-84a Frank x 7
B6N2 Jill: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-84a Frank x 15 – 47th Sentai is based at Akyab now. After the battles today they have about 50% damaged aircraft. As there is no railway out of Akyab, damaged Franks are stuck at Akyab until the mechanics can fix them up enough to fly again. LRCAP range 0 from air bases in Burma will be the tactic from now on.
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24J Liberator x 14
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Runway hits 5
CAP engaged:
47th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
Weather in hex: Light cloud
A6M5c Zero x 3
A6M8 Zero x 3
N1K2-J George x 17
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 18
B-24J Liberator x 6
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
DD Nowaki
CA Maya
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
CAP engaged:
Junyo-1 with A6M5c Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Hiyo-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
261 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
261 Ku S-2 with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Ki-84a Frank x 13
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 11
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
A6M5c Zero x 2
A6M8 Zero x 2
N1K2-J George x 4
Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 15000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Weather in hex: Clear sky
G4M1 Betty x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 16
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
D4Y1 Judy x 13
Ki-84a Frank x 7
D4Y1 Judy: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 24th Infantry Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
G3M3 Nell x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 16
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on 24th Infantry Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 16
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Australian Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)
A6M5c Zero x 22
A6M8 Zero x 22
D4Y1 Judy x 25
D4Y4 Judy x 69
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 9
Ki-84a Frank x 7
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 99,133
Weather in hex: Light rain
A6M5c Zero x 2
A6M8 Zero x 88
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo
CAP engaged: the Allies get some useful intelligence from this as it shows all but 1x IJN CV unit equipped with A6M8.
Kaga-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Soryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Hiryu-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Shokaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Zuikaku-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Junyo-1 with A6M5c Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Hiyo-1 with A6M8 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Ki-84a Frank x 2
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
B-24J Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9
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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
A6M5c Zero x 1
A6M8 Zero x 1
N1K2-J George x 10
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
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Afternoon Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Japanese aircraft
no flights – still no CAP set overhead…
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 23
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36175 troops, 337 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 1039
Defending force 9053 troops, 185 guns, 149 vehicles, Assault Value = 259
Japanese adjusted assault: 717
Allied adjusted defense: 17
Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
523 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
633 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 48 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (20 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Oct 13, 43
G3M3 Nell from 761 Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied PT at 114,137 an Allied PT is reported HIT
D4Y4 Judy from Shokaku-2 attacking an Allied SS at 102,130 an Allied SS is reported HIT
WO Ban F. of 47th Sentai is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Chiyoshima E. of 261 Ku S-2 is credited with kill number 2
WO Miyajima P. of 47th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
WO Miyajima P. of 47th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Shiozura, T. of Hiyo-1 is credited with kill number 2
Damaged A6M8 Zero from Hiyo-1 shot down on way home, pilot reported killed
WO Miyazaki U. of 47th Sentai is credited with kill number 4
Pilot killed in landing accident of D4Y4 Judy from Zuikaku-2
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 90th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 53,45 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
TF 374 observes PB4Y-1P Liberator at 112,108 near Truk
PO1 Komachi R. of 261 Ku S-2 is credited with kill number 2
PO1 Banno H. of Hiyo-1 is credited with kill number 3
PO1 Banno H. of Hiyo-1 is credited with kill number 4
Mosquito PR.IX sighted over Dimapur
Repairs completed on SS I-19 at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Batangas expands fortifications to size 3
Aircraft P1Y2 Frances advances R&D – to 7/44 +6/day
Ace pilot Tsuchiya, T. of 26th Sentai is promoted to 1LT
Suzuki T. of 98th Sentai is promoted to 1LT – I haven’t seen many bomber pilots earn a promotion. 1LT Suzuki has reached 81 experience so that might have something to do with it.
13th Ind.Mixed Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Tokyo
CVL Mizuho available for service in damaged state at Tokyo
SS RO-60 available for service in damaged state at Jaluit
Previous report of sinking of SS O24 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
SS RO-40 arrives at Maizuru
SS Trout is reported to have been sunk near Taihoku on Jun 15, 1943
I.23-1 arrives at Tokyo
13th Base Force arrives at Maizuru – RADM Tanaka is in command with a (*) as he is also still at sea in command of CA Div 3 (Myoko). 13th Base Force will move to Iwo Jima to help establish defensive positions in depth for when the Marianas become the front line.
; Julia Child
