AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 04, 44
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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 20 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38J Lightning: 71 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 26 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 6 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 2 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 8 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 2 damaged
15 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
CL Jintsu
CL Naka
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
DD Akebono
DD Oboro
DD Yugiri
DD Sagiri
DD Ayanami
DD Shirakumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
Allied Ships
xAP Empress ' Australia, Shell hits 3
xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 2
xAK Itria, Shell hits 1
xAK Clan Mactavish, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Etolin, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 2
xAP Varela, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK City of Yokohama, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Clan Macpherson, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Historian, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Empire Niger, Shell hits 1
APA McCawley, Shell hits 1
xAP Samuel Gompers, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
APA Arthur Middleton, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APA President Adams, Shell hits 1
APA Harris, Shell hits 1
xAP Esperance, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1
APA La Salle, Shell hits 3
xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Lavington Court, Shell hits 5, heavy damage
xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 2
xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1
APD King, Shell hits 3, heavy damage
xAK Maldive, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Johilla, Shell hits 3, heavy damage
APD Kane, Shell hits 1
xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 1
xAP Leslie M. Shaw, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Derrymore, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Masula, Shell hits 2
xAP William G. Fargo, Shell hits 1
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 2
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1
xAK Karoa, Shell hits 1
xAK Trevilley, Shell hits 1
APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Ettrickbank, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAP Changte, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Hankow, Shell hits 1
LCI-85, Shell hits 1
xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1
Allied ground losses:
945 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 89 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 22 disabled
Vehicles lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 40
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 5
when the Allied Navy left Diamond Harbour it became a deathtrap for the airforce... without controlling the Sea you can't control the air in an isolated region...
CA Suzuya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Mikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Maya firing at Diamond Harbour
CA Chikuma firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Jintsu firing at Diamond Harbour
CL Naka firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sazanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Akebono firing at 217th Coast AA Regiment
217th Coast AA Regiment firing at DD Akebono
DD Oboro firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yugiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Sagiri firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Ayanami firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shirakumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsugumo firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Tokitsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Natsushio firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Hatsukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
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Night Naval bombardment of Diamond Harbour at 52,38
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 43 damaged
P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed on ground
F4U-1A Corsair: 26 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground
F4U-1 Corsair: 29 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed on ground
P-38H Lightning: 7 damaged
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25G Mitchell: 9 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
P-51A Mustang: 3 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 2 destroyed on ground
P-38G Lightning: 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Musashi
BB Yamato
BB Nagato
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Murasame
DD Shigure
Allied Ships
xAP Athlone Castle, Shell hits 3
xAP Robert C. Grier, Shell hits 4, on fire
AKA Jupiter, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Benrinnes, Shell hits 2, on fire
APA McCawley, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nora Moller, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK St Essylt, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Peter Silvester, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Arundel Castle, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Samuel Adams, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
APA Crescent City, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Duchess of Bedford, Shell hits 3
xAP Johilla, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Kohistan, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Shillong, Shell hits 1
xAP Sheldon Jackson, Shell hits 1
xAK Itria, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Jacalope, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Morton M. McCarver, Shell hits 1
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 1
xAK Mahsud, Shell hits 2, on fire
AK Ganymede, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK City of Canterbury, Shell hits 1
xAK Maldive, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Elysia, Shell hits 1, on fire
APA President Adams, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Rangitata, Shell hits 2, on fire
APA Warren, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
xAP Daisy Moller, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAK Uffington Court, Shell hits 1
xAK Mendoza, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Adhara, Shell hits 1
xAK Empire Rani, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Hadleigh, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP City of Durban, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APA La Salle, Shell hits 1
xAK La Pampa, Shell hits 1
AKA Electra, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
644 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (4 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 53
Port hits 9
Port supply hits 1
BB Musashi firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Yamato firing at Diamond Harbour
BB Nagato firing at Diamond Harbour
Massive explosion on xAP Kohistan
CLAA Tatsuta firing at Diamond Harbour
CLAA Tenryu firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Suzukaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Umikaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Kawakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yamakaze firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Samidare firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Yudachi firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Harusame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Murasame firing at Diamond Harbour
DD Shigure firing at Diamond Harbour
not much else happening anymore... thought this tracker screenshot would be interesting though... just look at the victory points, skyrocketed by 10,000 while the enemy has scored 800 since the hostilities around Calcutta began... the enemy lost no less than 1,746 aircraft in the last two and a halve weeks, mostly on the ground at Diamond Harbour or on ships, roughly 300 carrier based aircraft were shot down the first two days... in return we've lost 632 aircraft which at the first moment was really striking me (thought it would have been way less) but there were these days where my LBA suizided into CAP plus KB and LBA losing aircraft to all causes... in the end the Allied paid a high price for our air losses as we have sunk no less than 240 ships and that's only what tracker says at the moment, I'm sure the actual losses are way higher, might be somewhere around 350 when the battle is over, including two USN BBs (prewar), a dozen Allied CA/CL and two dozen DDs... let's not forget all those APA/AKA he has lost... downside is the loss of one CA/CL and two or three DDs so far as we can replace aircraft and even pilots but we can't replace ships...
to sum it up, if the end result is an orderly IJ retreat out of India then it's still a huge success... at the moment I don't even want to think about what it would mean to clear the pocket at Diamond Harbour, that would surpass insanity I guess...
