SITUATION REPORT: 7-17-44 PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN...INVASION OF JOLO
After an aerial bombardment, SWPAC troops capture Jolo today in a massive shock attack:
Coastal Guns at Jolo, 38,59, firing at TF 1061
TF 1061 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 38,59
48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Kidd
Allied ground losses:
221 casualties reported
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Naval bombardment of Jolo, at 38,59
Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
CL Tromp
CA Exeter
CA Quincy
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago
CA Indianapolis
BC Repulse
BB Valiant
BB Warspite
BB Washington
BB Colorado
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 50
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 11
Coastal Guns at Jolo, 38,59, firing at TF 1061
TF 1061 troops unloading over beach at Jolo, 38,59
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
DD Marshall
Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Day Air attack on 1st Amphibious Brigade, at 38,59
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 3
Liberator VI x 15
PB4Y Liberator x 43
B-24J Liberator x 22
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Day Air attack on 1st Amphibious Brigade, at 38,59
Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.VI x 16
PB4Y Liberator x 37
B-24J Liberator x 66
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Ground combat at Jolo
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4012 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 64276 troops, 615 guns, 294 vehicles
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Ground combat at Jolo
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 64276 troops, 615 guns, 294 vehicles
Defending force 5965 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 631 to 1 (fort level 6)
Allied forces CAPTURE Jolo base !!!
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
1136 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 1
