AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 12, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125
Allied Ships
CA Chicago
CA Louisville
CA Chester
CA Houston
CA Northampton
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu
DD Cassin
DD Downes
DD Flusser
DD Perkins
DD Cushing
DD Shaw
DD Conyngham
DD Drayton
DD Smith
DD Mahan
Japanese ground losses:
1597 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 129 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 31 (2 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 64
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1
the day starts off with the usual bombardment of Rabaul causing substantial casualties within the enemy support units at the base...
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Chicago
CA Chicago firing at Rabaul
CA Louisville firing at Rabaul
CA Chester firing at Rabaul
CA Houston firing at Rabaul
CA Northampton firing at Rabaul
CL Phoenix firing at Rabaul
CL Honolulu firing at Rabaul
DD Cassin firing at Rabaul
DD Downes firing at Rabaul
DD Flusser firing at Rabaul
DD Perkins firing at Rabaul
DD Cushing firing at Rabaul
DD Shaw firing at Rabaul
DD Conyngham firing at Rabaul
DD Drayton firing at Rabaul
DD Smith firing at Rabaul
DD Mahan firing at Rabaul
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Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 45
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking Van Aarsen Cdo ...
Also attacking Sabang Cdo ...
Also attacking Tapanoeli Cdo ...
Also attacking Medan Cdo ...
Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking Medan Cdo ...
Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking Medan Cdo ...
Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking 1st Garrison Cdo ...
Also attacking Medan Cdo ...
Also attacking 2nd Garrison Cdo ...
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Morning Air attack on Medan Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Van Aarsen Cdo , at 46,74 (Langsa)
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
… and then we launch our alpha strike from our carriers that is going to change the further course of the war...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 106
Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 18
F4F-3 Wildcat x 72
SBD-3 Dauntless x 180
TBF-1 Avenger x 57
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 19 destroyed, 19 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 3, on fire
CV Akagi, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 2
BB Yamashiro
BB Haruna, Bomb hits 9, on fire
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 3
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 3, on fire
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 4, on fire
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 7
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CA Tone
CL Sendai
CV Soryu, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Kako
expected KB and the enemy fleet to be way closer to Ambon but I guess there was some refuelling as the enemy only moved three hexes during the whole turn but KB still ended up in perfect strike range of six hexes so the dive bombers were all carrying flat top killers... I don't like reacting carriers and usually am afraid of but this time our carrier group stayed with the rest of the fleet and launched a near perfect strike... we have all our USN fighter squadrons plus the Canadians on Indomitable flying CAP while five USMC F4F-3 squadrons are tasked to escort the USN bombers and we get 100% of the Marines flying with the main strike... there were a couple of SBD/TBF squadrons failing to link up but as it looks like the majority joined the alpha strike...
it must have been a horrible sight for the Japanese commander to see over 300 carrier based aircraft showing up against a CAP of just over 100 Zeroes... the CAP did quite well in downing a couple of dozen fighters and bombers but over 200 of our bombers attacked KB which meant game over for the enemy even though the hit rate of the bombers still wasn't great considering good weather... I've seen better hit rates than 20%, one of the problems were target aquisition though as lots of the bombers were attacking the Kongos and Yamato even though they would have been better off attacking the hapless carriers... most of the bomb hits on the carriers were 1000lb bomb hits going through the deck so I don't expect more than one or at best two carriers being able for flight ops next turn, with a bit of luck none of them will be able to launch aircraft anymore...
no carrier blew up or sunk during the turn but Junyo is a sure kill already... with five CV and two CVL our estimation of the enemy carrier strength was pretty much spot on...
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
14 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
14 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 6 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 6 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 5 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Akagi
Fuel storage explosion on CV Junyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Junyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Shokaku
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4
B-17E Fortress x 45
LB-30 Liberator x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10
the heavies only attack Rabaul to burn enemy supplies but I'm not sure it's worth it in the end as I can't afford to lose a single bomber... even without heavy fighting or losses, we still only field some 150 heavy bombers total with a couple of dozen of replacements in the pool...
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4
B-17E Fortress x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Yokohama Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Raid is overhead
Training flight from Yokohama Ku S-1 has been caught up in attack
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 86
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 destroyed
only 20 Zeroes less in the air when our bomber squadrons that missed the alpha strike show up... wasn't nice to watch, every single bomber of each incoming squadron was shot down... every single one...
CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 11035 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 54 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 18345.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 65 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, on fire
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 3 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tockangbesi-eilanden at 72,109
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 74
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 12 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Junyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
Shokaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 11 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12035 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
Shoho-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
