Variants - Allied side - Xargun welcome

[Nomad]

June 9, 1943

He sent bombers against my MTBs at Akyab, bombing at 21000 feet
Interesting that my Hurricanes did not engage them
Too high I guess

Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 22

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
MTB 10
MTB 7

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 21000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 22

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
MTB 10
MTB 27
MTB 7

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 35000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes

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Attacks on the troops that were booted out of Kendari, they are in clear terrain now

Afternoon Air attack on 48th Naval Guard Unit, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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I got a "Send main body report from this"

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[Nomad]

June 10, 1943

A lot of air activity

Unescorted Vals do not fare well

Morning Air attack on NW Australia Base Force, at 76,108 (Namlea)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 6

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
No.452 Sqn RAF with Spitfire Vc Trop (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 37000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
8th FG/80th FS with P-40K Warhawk (8 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes

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Unescorted Nells do not do much better
I looked at the Hurricanes flying yesterday and found their morale was quite low
so I put a different unit at a better altitude

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 22

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 15 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
MTB 27
MTB 10

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes

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Heavy bombers hit Ambon
Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 30

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Ambon , at 76,109

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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A lot of different aircraft types hit the LCUs next to Kendari

Morning Air attack on 48th Naval Guard Unit, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 18

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 47

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 11 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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No sign of the SCTF sighted last turn

[Nomad]

June 11, 1943

He is putting up some defense in the DEI area. He LRCAPed the units outside of Kendari
I lost 21 TBF-1 Avengers, but only 8 pilots.
No B-25D1s were lost today

Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 34

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 16 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 22

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
169 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on 3rd Base Force, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 48th Naval Guard Unit, at 69,106 , near Kendari

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled
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More cat and mouse over Akyab
Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x A6M3a Zero sweeping at 33000 feet

CAP engaged:
No.146 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 35600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
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Lots of bombing at Ambon today

[Nomad]

June 12, 1943

A somewhat odd turn.

Something not common, but I do wish it could have been a CV

Sub vs Sub: SS Peto attacking SS I-21 at 81,106 - near Gebe

Japanese Ships
SS I-21, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Peto

SS Peto launches 2 torpedoes at 1,000 yards

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I am not sure, but I think my opponent did something wrong
Amphibious Assault at 61,101

TF 139 troops unloading over beach at 61,101

Japanese ground losses:
175 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 5th Amphibious Bde

This is a hex two hexes SE of Bandjetmasin, no base there at all
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The heavies bomb Ambon, airfield is closed

[Nomad]

June 13, 1943

I guess he wanted to interrupt the sleep of the troops

Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 7

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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I didn't have torpedoes, so had to use 500 lb bombs.
I swept Makassar but met no opposition. Recon now show 38 fighters, so I will
sweep but not attack

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Makassar at 65,106

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Teia Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Buenos Aires Maru


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Makassar at 65,106

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 23
TBF-1 Avenger x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Huzi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Teia Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
1743 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 87 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 41 (36 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 3000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Huzi Maru

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Sweeps over Sorong
Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 10 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes


Tracker shows I lost 4 P-38F, two air-2-air and two ops
He lost 14 A6M3a, 13 air-2-air and one ops

Please observe a minute of silence for 1st Lt. F. Anderson of the 35th FG/40th FS who was lost today over Sorong

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More heavies bombing at Ambon, forgot to change most of the missions to ground, hit the airfield again
I did get 2 airbase supply hits.

[Nomad]

June 14, 1943

Mixed results today

I did not fare well over Makassar

Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 34

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 23 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes

I thought Caster Troy said the dive trumped all else.

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Better over sorong
Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 26

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 3 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 36750.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes

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The big problem with P-38s is their SR of 3. If they get into a tough fight they have so many damaged
air frames and they take many days to repair. Next month I start getting the first two models of the
P-47 and they have a SR of 1 so they can sustain operations a lot better.

[Nomad]

June 15, 1943

Not much, lost an xAKL off Endeh in the DEI, bombed some units, pretty routine.

[Nomad]

June 16, 1943

A sub sank one of my precious APAs today

Sub attack near Mili at 137,122

Japanese Ships
SS I-22, hits 6

Allied Ships
APA Sheridan, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
AK Deimos
AK Aludra
DD Jarvis

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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I get a small consolation prize

Submarine attack near Truk at 114,109

Japanese Ships
xAKL Heiwa Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Shad

xAKL Heiwa Maru is sighted by SS Shad
SS Shad attacking on the surface
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Paratroops took Mataram today

Ground combat at Mataram (59,109)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 204 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 9

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Mataram !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /1

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And a force landed on Koepang

No bombardment from the enemy

[Nomad]

June 17, 1943

I was going to take some screen shots this morning but it seems we can not post attachments any more. I hope they fix the forum, or I will have to quit posting.

I took Koepang today, there was not much opposition


Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4098 troops, 84 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 90

Defending force 257 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied adjusted assault: 82

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Koepang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
7th Australian/B Division

Defending units:
3rd JNAF Coy

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Landed at Maumere just north of Koepang
I need time to build bases.

I will be landing paratroops at Bima this turn also

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Night bombing at Akyab, did him no good
Night Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 99 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 5

No Japanese losses

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Time to "light the boilers" on SS Trusty and move her to Colombo.

[Nomad]

There will be no more updates. I am not sure if I will restart. Matrix has effectively destroyed the forum.

[BBfanboy]

There will be no more updates. I am not sure if I will restart. Matrix has effectively destroyed the forum.

Really! They are having problems getting a major update fully implemented and you want to bail because you haven't been able to post images for a day? Seems a bit impatient to me!
Please keep checking back - I have faith the problems will be dealt with and your AAR is of much interest to your forum followers!

[Nomad]

I was going to start posting again, but in the middle of my post the forum blinked and erased my post. I guess they still have problems.
BBfanboy, it was not the pictures that was the problem. It was the time outs, errors like "Not authorized to post in this forum", sql errors,
3-4 minutes to switch to a new page, etc. These items were very irratating.

[Nomad]

June 18, 1943

Captured Maumere, Kolaka, and Bima

[Nomad]

June 19, 1943

Little happened

[Nomad]

June 20, 1943

I lost DD Laffey off of Wewak

Sub attack near Wewak at 98,117

Japanese Ships
SS I-8, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Laffey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Monssen
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I tried sweeps over Makassar with P-47D2s and P-38Gs
I did not do as well as I hoped

Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 10 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 22

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 39740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes

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Escorted B-25D1 went in also

Afternoon Air attack on 18th JNAF AF Unit , at 65,106 (Makassar)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 4000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes

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[Nomad]

June 21, 1943

Not much happened

[Nomad]

June 21, 1943

Trying to solve the Makassar issue.

I sent some obsolete P-40Ks with experience crews to see what they can do.
I have lots of these obsolete airframes and I thought they might come close to a
1:2 kill ratio, but they didn't

Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 36

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 6 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 5000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

Next turn I am going to try untrained pilots in P-40Es
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Ambon fell to me today


Ground combat at Ambon (76,109)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6154 troops, 141 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 161

Defending force 641 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Allied adjusted assault: 93

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 93 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ambon !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
74th Infantry/A Division
74th Infantry/B Division

Defending units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

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Attachments are supposed to work now, so we will try
Here is a picture of the Banda Sea area

Banda sSea June 23 1943.jpg (722 KiB) Viewed 793 times

[T Rav]

Whoop!

Image worked just fine.

T Rav

[Nomad]

June 23, 1943

I lost two good xAKs at Mili even though I had a 3 ship DE ASW TF in the hex

Submarine attack near Mili at 136,121

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
xAK Langkoeas, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Langkoeas is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 attacking xAK Langkoeas on the surface


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Submarine attack near Mili at 136,121

Japanese Ships
SS I-175

Allied Ships
xAK Clan Macdonald, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAK Clan Macdonald is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Clan Macdonald

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Interesting development at Makassar

I set one P-40E squadron with pilots directly out of school on a sweep mission at 12,000 feet
and a P-40K squadron with well trained pilots on LRCAP at 15,000 feet.

Afternoon Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 27

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

So, I lost 14 P-40Es and 10 inexperienced pilots and 1 P-40K and 1 experienced pilot
and show down 10 Ki-44-IIc Tojos and some of those pilots will be killed and they
will be experienced ones.

I have lots of inexperienced pilots and obsolete aircraft, so this was a win for me.
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On the ground I eliminated all enemy on Ambon

I am moving as fast as I can to reinforce all of my new bases in the Banda Sea area. I am still
limited on assault shipping in the area, but things are progressing

[Nomad]

June 24, 1943

The air war over Makassar continues. I am looking for ways to get a much better kill rate

Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 21

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25

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

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 8000 feet

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 4 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 4 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

The tally for today is I lost 16 P-40K( 10 air-2-air, 6 ops) and shot down 8 Ki-44-IIc and he lost 1 to ops.
I am losing obsolete air frames and untrained pilots, and I hope he is losing some trained pilots

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I got a sighting of at TF with aircraft. It is in the hex East of Talaud-eilanden
and is only showing a few aircraft. I have CVs in the area and will monitor this development