More Variants - The Allies ride again - No xargun please

[Nomad]

No, no CVs are overloaded, the most is one at 99, its SBD squadron just took on replacements so they are being repaired and
then 3 will go into reserve status. I have always run my USN CVs with 96 aircraft with no problems.
The highest fatigue is 8, so that is not a problem.

I noticed that even though I am not getting any messages, the weather is forecasted to be rain, maybe it is weather related.
One of the things I dislike is that there is not enough feedback into why air missions do not launch. An item in the ops report
would help clear up things like this, if that is the problem.

[Nomad]

August 22, 1942

Something is not working right. I am going to return the DS to Lunga and disband it and try again.
Every time only one SBD squadron is attacking and I can see no reason. It is the same one that is
attacking. Also, I have not disbanded the DS since earlier battles when all units attacked.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
F4F-3 Wildcat x 30
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK England Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kyosei Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Erie Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 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

CAP engaged:
Chuyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 16000.
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK England Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Erie Maru


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 30
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Hiyama Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Erie Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
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 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Chuyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 16000.
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Hiyama Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Erie Maru

A Deliberate attack at Nanning goes badly for Japan

Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 62340 troops, 537 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 1843

Defending force 45378 troops, 238 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1324

Japanese adjusted assault: 991

Allied adjusted defense: 1131

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
3512 casualties reported
Squads: 91 destroyed, 306 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 21 (3 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1000 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 83 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled

He tried a shock attack on my units SE of Changsha.

Ground combat at 83,56 (near Kanhsien)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3240 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123

Defending force 3223 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Japanese adjusted assault: 108

Allied adjusted defense: 253

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
643 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Some Betty bombers night bombing Tulagi did no damage

[BBfanboy]

There are messages about mission cancellation that flash by on the map screen during turn execution. They should be captured in the "combat_events_[date]" text file if you are archiving them. Here is a partial entry in one of my combat events files:

AIR STRIKES
Mission cancelled for 8 x Fulmar II from No.806 Sqn FAA !!!
Mission cancelled for 12 x I-153 from 18 IAP-PVO !!!
Mission cancelled for 26 x I-153 from 38 IAD/22 IAP !!!

Edit to add- but you are right about not enough info on the reason for cancellation!

[Nomad]

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Nothing about strikes not flying in the combat events file. And I think that the fact that there is only one SBD squadron flying and it is the same one every time points to a problem.
I hope that by disbanding the TF and creating a new one will fix the problem.

[Nomad]

August 23, 1942

I gave Shorlands a couple of love taps with Naval Bombardment missions

Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 26 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB Idaho
DD Moon
DD Copsy
DD Bamback
DD Paul Jones
DD Sterett
DD Stack
DD Lang
DMS Long
DMS Dorsey

Japanese ground losses:
98 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 23
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 2

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Mississippi
BB Mississippi firing at Shortlands
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Idaho
BB Idaho firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Moon firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Copsy firing at Shortlands
DD Bamback firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Paul Jones firing at Shortlands
DD Sterett firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Stack firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Lang firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DMS Long firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DMS Dorsey firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade


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Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 17 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA New Orleans
DD Sherwood
DD Doeing
DD Hale
DD Fox
DD Barker
DD Allen
DD Alden
DMS Elliot
DMS Hopkins
DMS Southard

Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 92
Port hits 51
Port supply hits 5

CA Vincennes firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
CA Quincy firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
CA San Francisco firing at Shortlands
CA Minneapolis firing at Shortlands
CA New Orleans firing at Shortlands
DD Sherwood firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Doeing firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Hale firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Fox firing at Shortlands
DD Barker firing at Shortlands
DD Allen firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DD Alden firing at Shortlands
DMS Elliot firing at Shortlands
DMS Hopkins firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade
DMS Southard firing at 1st GEACPS Brigade

The GEACPS Brigades are part of his Variant purchases.
I find it odd that none of the float plane units on the CAs are shown as providing spotting, all 5 have FPs and are set for night recon of Shortlands.

On the way back one of the bombarding TFs found a sub

Sub attack near Shortlands at 110,132

Japanese Ships
SS RO-68, hits 19, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Stack
BB Mississippi
DD Lang
DMS Long
DMS Dorsey
DD Moon
DD Copsy
DD Bamback
DD Paul Jones

SS RO-68 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Stack
/snip
Sub slips beneath the waves

Night bombings by Betty Bombers at Tulagi hit CA Houston and damaged her, not bad, just needs a couple of weeks to repair the damage.

[BBfanboy]

Nice bombardments for no FP spotters! I am just guessing because the game doesn't tell you the weather at the time of bombardment, but FPs are pretty finicky about flying in anything but light wind conditions and good visibility.

[Nomad]

It could be, but the others flew from the BBs, but they are Kingfishers and the CAs have Seagulls. That could be a factor.

I forgot to post this earlier. The voyage of O24
I disbanded her at Great Nicobar, but there is no port and her crew did not seem to be fixing any damage, so she set sail for
a base with a port, and she made it.

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[Nomad]

August 24, 1942

The DS has visited Tulagi, I disbanded it, created a new ACTF using number 6 instead of 5.
I stood down all aircraft last turn and a lot of my aircraft went into maintenance. I have not had a problem before with
aircraft with high fatigue not flying, sometimes I have noticed higher than normal ops losses, but not refusal to fly.
So it will be a few turns before the aircraft are repaired.

I swept a few mines at Shortlands with a DMS, I am leaving it for another turn.

I send a USMR defense ART via FT to Munda. It will be interesting to see what Xargun does.
I gave those orders before I realized that my DS will not be operational for a few turns. I should have canceled the
orders to the FT TFs, but I didn't. I will take him a few days to organize a response, so I might be able to hold it.
I wanted a base close enough to Shortlands to provide both some LRCAP and SBD attack support. I do want to take
Shortlands. That will put my Corsairs in normal range of Rabaul.

No ground attacks in China. It is hard to tell, but I think there is a movement arrow out of Nanning.

[BBfanboy]

With the Carrier in port, you can repair the aircraft in two turns by transferring the squadron to the port on one turn and return it to the ship the next turn. All the aircraft will show one day repair times. Gamey? Sort of - I consider it an offset to the very slow repair rate on board ship even when it is disbanded in port.

[Nomad]

It is not there now, but it can be next turn, I might have to try that, some of these aircraft are going to take a week to repair.

[Nomad]

August 25, 1942

I swept a few mines at Shortlands

Bombarded with my CA TF, Seagulls spotted this turn

Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131

Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA Quincy
CA San Francisco
CA Minneapolis
CA New Orleans
DD Sherwood
DD Doeing
DD Hale
DD Fox
DD Barker
DD Allen
DD Alden
DMS Elliot
DMS Southard

Japanese ground losses:
363 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 67
Port hits 35
Port supply hits 2

B-25Bs bombed port and airfield

Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25B Mitchell x 16

Allied aircraft losses
B-25B Mitchell: 1 damaged

Port hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25B Mitchell x 48

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25B Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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[BBfanboy]

It is not there now, but it can be next turn, I might have to try that, some of these aircraft are going to take a week to repair.

To be clear - the ship must be disbanded in port or docked for this to work. If the aircraft fly off the ship to the base or vice-versa, they retain their fatigue and add some with corresponding repair times. It's the crane that magically changes their repair times!

[Nomad]

August 26, 1942

Nothing happened, I had one sub fire 2 torpedoes at a PB and missed.

The DS is not at Tulagi, all air units are moved to the base.

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[Nomad]

August 27, 1942

CA Minneapolis hit a mine while on a Naval Bombardment at Shortlands.
I am sending the entire TF to Sydney for repairs, I have used this TF on a number of full speed runs
to bombard Shortlands and the damage has crept up.

Xargun sent Betty bombers on night naval attack, they attacked my bombardment fleet at Shortlands.
No hits but 8 Bettys bombers were lost to flak.


It looks more and more like China has morphed into a stalemate. I have been able to contain all his attracts so far after
losing the three bases in Eastern China in the early months of the war.

[Nomad]

August 28, 1942

Not much. Swept some mines at Shortlands.
64 B-25Bs did little damage to the post at Shortlands.

One thing happened that always tees me off
The AI split off CA Minneapolis with a DD into an escort TF and routed to a port where it CAN NOT be repaired
instead of letting stay in the TF that is going to a port where it CAN be repaired. I wish I knew how to stop
this insane action.

[Nomad]

August 29, 192

Had a DMS hit a mine while clearing the minefield at Shortlands. Difference between my DMSs and Xarguns is that mine should make it back to a base.

Interesting, last turn all 64 of my B-25Bs attacked as one strike package the port at Shortlands and did almost no damage.
This turn they went in as 4 x 16 strike packages and did significantly more damage.

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[Nomad]

August 30, 1942

It would appear that the reset helped with the DS attacking

Morning Air attack on TF, near Torokina at 109,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 46
F4F-3 Wildcat x 90
SBD-3 Dauntless x 98

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CM Natsushima, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD Hatsukaze, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Oyashio, Bomb hits 1
CM Takashima, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
CM Sarushima, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Kuroshio, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
16 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
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
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Natsushima
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hatsukaze
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Takashima
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CM Sarushima
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Kuroshio

I am not sure, but no TBs flew and I have 180 SBDs in the DS, so only about 1/2 of the available SBDs flew.
It could be that the ACTF commander deemed that was enough.
There is no Japanese TF icon showing in the area.

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[Nomad]

August 31, 1942

Not much happened.

Swept 36 more mines at Shortlands.

I bombed the port at Shortlands

All enemy troops have left Nanning.

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[Nomad]

September 1, 1942

We start a new month

Swept another 36 mines at Shortlands

One of my ASW TFs found SS RO-67 West of Russell Islands.
Hit it with 1 direct hit and 3 damage hits. Game and tracker says it sank, but I doubt it.

64 B-25Bs hit the airfield at Shortlands. Good hits on the airbase, runway and supply, and destroyed 3 Zeros on the ground.

My DMS that hit a mine at Shortlands has made it back to Tulagi and will repair minor damage before moving to a RS.

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[Nomad]

September 2, 1942

A good and bad day in the air.

The bad, he put up some LRCAP over Shortlands and my sweep did not fly.

Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
B-25B Mitchell x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25B Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
13th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Raid is overhead
Chuyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
B-25B Mitchell x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25B Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
13th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 123 minutes
Chuyo-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 192 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25B Mitchell x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I am not sure how many Zeros he lost here, but I did destroy 4 on the ground.

The good, I flew sweeps over Magwe

Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
15th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 9 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
15th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
21 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
6 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
15th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
15th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters to 42000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes

In total he lost 29 Zeros, 24 air-2-air. 4 ground and 1 ops.
I lost 9 B-25Bs all air-2-air, 1 P-38E to ops, and 1 P-38f to air-2-air

He should have lost some pilots, I am hopeful he lost at least 10.

He did also lose a B5N2 Kate on a night naval attack on my YMS sweeping mines at Shortlands
I did sweep another 27 mines there.

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