April 15, 1944 Washington DC
Intel
308186 men are based at Palau.
2nd Mountain Gun Regiment is located at Nanning.
9th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
3rd Engineer Regiment is located at Lunga.
Sasebo 6th SNLF is located at Rabaul.
132nd IJN Base Force is located at Tulagi.
2842 men are based at Matsue.
3534 men are based at Seoul.
38th Construction Battalion is located at Toyohara.
1838 men are based at Hungnam.
1st Mortar Regiment is located at Sasebo.
7th Ind. Brigade is located at Changsha.
69th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
70th/A Division is located at Nanchang.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 8 X AK, 71 fighters, 71 aux, 1 LCU 2960/20/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Alor Star 1 LCU 3200/35/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 2 LCUs 5400/13/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 31800/80/117
Combat
Allied MSWs continue to sweep the waters surrounding Iwo Jima and they reported that they observed an AK and a TK sinking. The cause of these events is unknown.
Tavoy was bombed by 96 X Liberator VI (7 damaged) and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were some secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate. At almost the same time the IJA 49th Division was visited by 46 X Thunderbolt II (3 damaged) and 57 X P-38J. The unit sustained light casualties. Another attack on the 49th followed a short time later, comprised of 43 X Thunderbolt II (7 damaged) and 8 X Spitfire. Once again the unit suffered light losses.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was hit by 10 Helens and as there is virtually nobody left except for a couple of officers left the bombs came down harmlessly.
The Japanese ships near Paramushiro Jima were attacked by 30 X PB4Y who managed to hit a PC with a bomb, an MSW took 4 bombs and 2 AKs were hit multiple times and were heavily damaged and burning. An MSW was reported as having gone down.
The Japanese response to Stalin's cable came swiftly and the Japanese protested the second day of attacks on their ships. They once again asserted that the attacks originated out of Petropavlovsk. They claim that the dragging of the Soviet's feet has resulted in the placing of all fighters in Manchuria on alert to defend their bases and that any Soviet recon flights will be destroyed. It further stated that if any Japanese planes entered Soviet airspace the results would be due to the Soviet's actions, not the Japanese. Stalin snorts and orders all of his forces to be put on a higher state of alert. “I want our fighters ready to deal with these animals and I want daily recon flights. If they want a war we are ready to give it to them. In the meantime tell them that the Americans have stood down at our insistence and that we have never broken the treaty with our Japanese friends. We expect them to respect the treaty and that we will defend ourselves if attacked.”
FDR is astounded that Stalin continues to pussyfoot around with the Japanese. “I know the Red Army and the Russian people have suffered greatly in the struggle against Germany, but this stinks to high heaven. Stalin wants us on the ground in France now yet he drags his feet with our mutual planning for an attack on the Japanese.” He sighs and asks about hearing some good news, which an aide gives to him about the CENPAC operations.
“Until the mines are gone there's not much for us to do except burn fuel and wait,” Ed tells his staff. “I'll be damned if I'm going to sail my Old Gals into mined waters to get chewed up. We'll exercise patience and then let all hell break loose on the Japanese defenders of Iwo Jima.” His mind is already shifting towards operations against Bonin.
The IJN is nowhere to be found and the USN has done an admirable job of defending the MSWs as they do their less than glorious work. Bill relaxes on the bridge with a mug of coffee as he listens to a report from the section chiefs. Everything is shipshape and the men are doing well with the strain of waiting for possible combat. He imagines that he's telling Sandy about life on the ship during the war and all of it's stress and strain. He finds that this helps to lessen the burden he feels.
Sam is itchy to get off of the transport and he told the guys that at least when they do they can take their pent up hostilities on the Japs.
Tarnopol in the southern Ukraine fell to the Red Army.
Victory Points Japanese 31602 Allied 28557
The Battle Under: The Allies Fight Back
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
RE: Pent Up Hostilities
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Pent Up Hostilities
April 16, 1944 Saipan
Intel
38th Construction Battalion is located at Toyohara.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
Tokyo Bay Fortress is located at Tokyo.
38th Road Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
15th Construction Battalion is located at Tawi Tawi.
53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
21st Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
108th IJA Base Force is located at Yenen.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
151 aircraft are based at Mukden.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 4180/63/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 8 X AK, 42 fighters, 45 aux, 1 LCU 2860/16/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 2 LCUs 4860/16/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Alor Star 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 32580/84/185
Combat
Bangkok was under a CAP of 54 X Zeke when a sweep of 134 X P-38J pounced downing 46 of the Zekes while having 3 Lightnings shot down and 3 more damaged. Then came the main event as 60 X Liberator VI, 50 X B-25J, 47 X B-24J and 30 X Thunderbolt II arrived. AA fire damaged 4 X Liberator VI and 2 X B-24J. The port took very heavy damage, there were a great number of secondary explosions (many of which were fuel stocks) and personnel losses were light.
Lunga was swept by 24 X P-38J and they were met by 5 X Jack who destroyed 2 Lightnings and then escaped without loss. Later when 39 X B-24J appeared the Jacks greeted them and between the fighters and the flak they downed 2 and damaged 13 while a Jack was damaged. The port was lightly damaged and a secondary explosion was seen.
The IJA 49th Division at Tavoy was hit by 37 X Thunderbolt II (8 damaged) for light losses.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was pounced on by 10 Helens and the few remaining officers barely took notice as the planes attacked useless piles of unmanned junk.
Iwo Jima was struck by 106 X SBD (3 damaged), 28 X SB2C (2 damaged), 108 X TBF (4 damaged), 67 X TBM (1 damaged) and 76 X F6F Hellcat. There was light damage to the airfield and port, many secondary explosions and light casualties to the troops.
Gil is leaving tomorrow for Pittsburgh and his sisters tease him a bit about being in love. His mother is unhappy that he's not spending his leave with them and his father remains strangely silent about it all.
Elaine got a call from Gil's uncle and she knows that Gil is leaving Brooklyn tomorrow. She is understandably excited and her sister has a laugh about “Lover Boy's” return.
It turns out that the invasion force has been loitering in the Saipan area. “And here I thought we were ready to go,” says Sam. What he doesn't know is that until yet another convoy loading at Guam joins them and the mines have been swept at Iwo they will continue to loiter.
Ed is chomping at the bit, but still the mines are there. The damned mines, he thinks. He doesn't realize it, but he obsesses with the mines because there's nothing he can do about them and they can destroy his ships.
The amount of work at the yard doesn't slack off a bit. If anything there seems to be a growing line of waiting ships. Gene's boss asked him if he wanted to work the overnight shift today. Gene took the work, knowing that it wasn't a request. The money is great and with his little sister's birthday soon maybe he can find something nice to buy for her.
Yalta was captured by the Soviets.
Victory Points Japanese 31517 Allied 28612
Intel
38th Construction Battalion is located at Toyohara.
1st Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Kitakyushu.
Tokyo Bay Fortress is located at Tokyo.
38th Road Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
North Chishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
18th Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Toyama.
15th Construction Battalion is located at Tawi Tawi.
53rd Division is located at Osaka/Kobe.
21st Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
108th IJA Base Force is located at Yenen.
Home Defense Force is located at Tokyo.
151 aircraft are based at Mukden.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 4180/63/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bangkok 8 X AK, 42 fighters, 45 aux, 1 LCU 2860/16/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 2 LCUs 4860/16/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Alor Star 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 32580/84/185
Combat
Bangkok was under a CAP of 54 X Zeke when a sweep of 134 X P-38J pounced downing 46 of the Zekes while having 3 Lightnings shot down and 3 more damaged. Then came the main event as 60 X Liberator VI, 50 X B-25J, 47 X B-24J and 30 X Thunderbolt II arrived. AA fire damaged 4 X Liberator VI and 2 X B-24J. The port took very heavy damage, there were a great number of secondary explosions (many of which were fuel stocks) and personnel losses were light.
Lunga was swept by 24 X P-38J and they were met by 5 X Jack who destroyed 2 Lightnings and then escaped without loss. Later when 39 X B-24J appeared the Jacks greeted them and between the fighters and the flak they downed 2 and damaged 13 while a Jack was damaged. The port was lightly damaged and a secondary explosion was seen.
The IJA 49th Division at Tavoy was hit by 37 X Thunderbolt II (8 damaged) for light losses.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was pounced on by 10 Helens and the few remaining officers barely took notice as the planes attacked useless piles of unmanned junk.
Iwo Jima was struck by 106 X SBD (3 damaged), 28 X SB2C (2 damaged), 108 X TBF (4 damaged), 67 X TBM (1 damaged) and 76 X F6F Hellcat. There was light damage to the airfield and port, many secondary explosions and light casualties to the troops.
Gil is leaving tomorrow for Pittsburgh and his sisters tease him a bit about being in love. His mother is unhappy that he's not spending his leave with them and his father remains strangely silent about it all.
Elaine got a call from Gil's uncle and she knows that Gil is leaving Brooklyn tomorrow. She is understandably excited and her sister has a laugh about “Lover Boy's” return.
It turns out that the invasion force has been loitering in the Saipan area. “And here I thought we were ready to go,” says Sam. What he doesn't know is that until yet another convoy loading at Guam joins them and the mines have been swept at Iwo they will continue to loiter.
Ed is chomping at the bit, but still the mines are there. The damned mines, he thinks. He doesn't realize it, but he obsesses with the mines because there's nothing he can do about them and they can destroy his ships.
The amount of work at the yard doesn't slack off a bit. If anything there seems to be a growing line of waiting ships. Gene's boss asked him if he wanted to work the overnight shift today. Gene took the work, knowing that it wasn't a request. The money is great and with his little sister's birthday soon maybe he can find something nice to buy for her.
Yalta was captured by the Soviets.
Victory Points Japanese 31517 Allied 28612
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Only Recourse
April 17, 1944 Guam
Intel
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
4th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kagoshima.
52nd Road Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
13th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
Sasebo 8th SNLF is located at Hanoi.
3348 men are based at Hamamatsu.
248730 men are based at Sasebo.
53rd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
40642 men are based at Hailar.
85244 men are based at Taan.
45394 men are based at Maloelap.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.
1st AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Yokosuka Base Force is located at Tokyo.
53804 men are based at Sendai.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Victoria Point 10 bombers, 6 aux, 3 LCUs 5020/17/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 32620/366/27
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili 2 LCUs 5260/23/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Shikka 2 LCUs 12700/117/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Changkufeng 9 LCUs 20760/153/1
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Hailar 29 fighters, 18 aux, 39820/320/3
Combat
The SS Drum, 78 miles SE of Bangkok, spotted and tracked an unescorted AK and in the darkness made a surface attack on the helpless target hitting it 8 times with the deck gun and with a torpedo sinking it.
The SS Stingray, 141 miles NE of Maumere, attacked an unescorted AP hitting it 8 times with the deck gun and with a fish. Troops were seen going into the water. The sub left a heavily damaged and burning wreck behind.
Lunga was swept by 22 X P-38J, but the Japanese had no planes aloft.
The 49th Division, at Tavoy, was attacked by 34 X Thunderbolt II (8 damaged) and 42 X P-38J. The unit sustained light casualties.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was attacked by 7 Helens and no damage was done.
3 X PB4Y attacked the AP near Kwajalein unsuccessfully.
Iwo Jima was raided by 109 X SBD (2 shot down, 1 damaged), 29 X SB2C, 101 X TBF (4 damaged), 67 X TBM (3 damaged) and 99 X F6F. The Japanese had light damage to both the airfield and port, lots of secondary explosions and light casualties.
Still waiting to release his Old Gals Ed just quietly thinks. The waiting is the hardest part for him because he goes over the plans repeatedly looking for flaws even though he knows that the plan is a good one. It's those damned mines, they'll be the death of me.
Bill often wonders about his duties of command as he watches the crew going about their jobs in a very efficient manner. A good crew doesn't need to be told much, he thinks, though in battle the stress levels will go up and then we'll see how they do. Bill passed that test aboard the O'Bannon when the minefield tried to rob him of his ship. He thinks back to that day and the struggle to save the ship and lives.
Gil heads for Penn Station and his trip to Pittsburgh. He's of mixed emotions because he feels bad leaving his family and excited to soon see Elaine again.
Pete has started teaching another class for Mr. Doe. Sylvia teases him about his pupils as they already are accomplished at their tasks or else they wouldn't be here she said. Pete replied that he just does as asked and shares the knowledge that he has.
Slim and Gunny enjoy some warm beer they traded for with the Sea Bees. “Those guys would sell their own mothers,” says Slim and Gunny shares the laugh and adds that, “It's a good thing that they have something and somebody to trade with otherwise that still would be our only recourse.”
Victory Points Japanese 31631 Allied 28621
Intel
57th Construction Battalion is located at Maizuru.
4th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kagoshima.
52nd Road Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
13th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
Sasebo 8th SNLF is located at Hanoi.
3348 men are based at Hamamatsu.
248730 men are based at Sasebo.
53rd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
40642 men are based at Hailar.
85244 men are based at Taan.
45394 men are based at Maloelap.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.
1st AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Yokosuka Base Force is located at Tokyo.
53804 men are based at Sendai.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Victoria Point 10 bombers, 6 aux, 3 LCUs 5020/17/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 32620/366/27
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili 2 LCUs 5260/23/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Shikka 2 LCUs 12700/117/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Changkufeng 9 LCUs 20760/153/1
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Hailar 29 fighters, 18 aux, 39820/320/3
Combat
The SS Drum, 78 miles SE of Bangkok, spotted and tracked an unescorted AK and in the darkness made a surface attack on the helpless target hitting it 8 times with the deck gun and with a torpedo sinking it.
The SS Stingray, 141 miles NE of Maumere, attacked an unescorted AP hitting it 8 times with the deck gun and with a fish. Troops were seen going into the water. The sub left a heavily damaged and burning wreck behind.
Lunga was swept by 22 X P-38J, but the Japanese had no planes aloft.
The 49th Division, at Tavoy, was attacked by 34 X Thunderbolt II (8 damaged) and 42 X P-38J. The unit sustained light casualties.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was attacked by 7 Helens and no damage was done.
3 X PB4Y attacked the AP near Kwajalein unsuccessfully.
Iwo Jima was raided by 109 X SBD (2 shot down, 1 damaged), 29 X SB2C, 101 X TBF (4 damaged), 67 X TBM (3 damaged) and 99 X F6F. The Japanese had light damage to both the airfield and port, lots of secondary explosions and light casualties.
Still waiting to release his Old Gals Ed just quietly thinks. The waiting is the hardest part for him because he goes over the plans repeatedly looking for flaws even though he knows that the plan is a good one. It's those damned mines, they'll be the death of me.
Bill often wonders about his duties of command as he watches the crew going about their jobs in a very efficient manner. A good crew doesn't need to be told much, he thinks, though in battle the stress levels will go up and then we'll see how they do. Bill passed that test aboard the O'Bannon when the minefield tried to rob him of his ship. He thinks back to that day and the struggle to save the ship and lives.
Gil heads for Penn Station and his trip to Pittsburgh. He's of mixed emotions because he feels bad leaving his family and excited to soon see Elaine again.
Pete has started teaching another class for Mr. Doe. Sylvia teases him about his pupils as they already are accomplished at their tasks or else they wouldn't be here she said. Pete replied that he just does as asked and shares the knowledge that he has.
Slim and Gunny enjoy some warm beer they traded for with the Sea Bees. “Those guys would sell their own mothers,” says Slim and Gunny shares the laugh and adds that, “It's a good thing that they have something and somebody to trade with otherwise that still would be our only recourse.”
Victory Points Japanese 31631 Allied 28621
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2080768
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Only Recourse
I apologize for the light entry today. I spent it fighting with an insurance company, seeing the doctor and giving 4 English classes. I took a painkiller and now I can't keep my eyes open. Sorry.
April 18, 1944 Guam
Intel
1st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Tokyo.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
72nd Aviation Unit is loaded on AK Sagami Maru moving to Sapporo.
157th IJA Base Force is located at Tokyo.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
52nd Road Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
12th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
19795 men are based at Mishan.
1836 men are based at Hungnam.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
38th Division is located at Manila.
14th Army is located at Tokyo.
20th Army is located at Heiho.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 34580/88/165
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Victoria Point 3 LCUs 7660/11/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 32900/342/24
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 14400/72/0
Combat
The USN MSWs continue sweeping the mines at Iwo Jima. It appears that the job is done so the MSWs will replenish and then move to Bonin.
Kwajalein was swept by 24 X P-47D, but the Japanese had no planes up.
Gili Gili had no CAP aloft when 47 X B-17E (5 damaged), 48 X B-24D (6 damaged), 95 X B-24J (1 downed, 5 damaged) and their escort of 72 X P-38J arrived. The AA fire did what it could but the American bombers unloaded, pounding the airfield for heavy damage, a large number of secondary explosions, 2 Dinahs destroyed and moderate troop losses.
The IJA 49th Division at Tavoy was targeted by 34 X Thunderbolt II (1 downed, 5 damaged) and 49 X P-38J. Japanese losses were extremely light. Later in the morning 40 X B-25J (6 damaged) and 31 X Thunderbolt II attacked the airfield doing light damage to it, triggering a secondary explosion and inflicting light casualties on the ground personnel.
The Japanese AP at Kwajalein had the misfortune of being docked at the time that 8 X PB4Y attacked. There were 4 bomb hits on the ship and troops were seen jumping off of her to avoid the fires raging on the heavily damaged vessel.
Amboina was swept by 64 X P-38J, but they returned home unopposed.
The invasion force is still loading at Guam and then it will join the rest of the invasion force at Saipan. From there the ships will make for Iwo Jima.
The British Foreign Office banned all coded messages from foreign embassies and diplomatic bags will be censored. Only fighting allies are exempted.
Balaclava was taken by the Soviet Army.
Victory Points Japanese 31647 Allied 28641
April 18, 1944 Guam
Intel
1st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Tokyo.
6th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
72nd Aviation Unit is loaded on AK Sagami Maru moving to Sapporo.
157th IJA Base Force is located at Tokyo.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
52nd Road Construction Battalion is located at Sining.
12th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
19795 men are based at Mishan.
1836 men are based at Hungnam.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
38th Division is located at Manila.
14th Army is located at Tokyo.
20th Army is located at Heiho.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 34580/88/165
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Victoria Point 3 LCUs 7660/11/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 32900/342/24
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 14400/72/0
Combat
The USN MSWs continue sweeping the mines at Iwo Jima. It appears that the job is done so the MSWs will replenish and then move to Bonin.
Kwajalein was swept by 24 X P-47D, but the Japanese had no planes up.
Gili Gili had no CAP aloft when 47 X B-17E (5 damaged), 48 X B-24D (6 damaged), 95 X B-24J (1 downed, 5 damaged) and their escort of 72 X P-38J arrived. The AA fire did what it could but the American bombers unloaded, pounding the airfield for heavy damage, a large number of secondary explosions, 2 Dinahs destroyed and moderate troop losses.
The IJA 49th Division at Tavoy was targeted by 34 X Thunderbolt II (1 downed, 5 damaged) and 49 X P-38J. Japanese losses were extremely light. Later in the morning 40 X B-25J (6 damaged) and 31 X Thunderbolt II attacked the airfield doing light damage to it, triggering a secondary explosion and inflicting light casualties on the ground personnel.
The Japanese AP at Kwajalein had the misfortune of being docked at the time that 8 X PB4Y attacked. There were 4 bomb hits on the ship and troops were seen jumping off of her to avoid the fires raging on the heavily damaged vessel.
Amboina was swept by 64 X P-38J, but they returned home unopposed.
The invasion force is still loading at Guam and then it will join the rest of the invasion force at Saipan. From there the ships will make for Iwo Jima.
The British Foreign Office banned all coded messages from foreign embassies and diplomatic bags will be censored. Only fighting allies are exempted.
Balaclava was taken by the Soviet Army.
Victory Points Japanese 31647 Allied 28641
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2080768
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: In The Clouds
April 19, 1944 The Bonins
Intel
5819 men are based at Aomori.
27th Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
10th Construction Battalion is located at Tsitsihar.
5th Division is located at Kendari.
60th Construction Battalion is located at Tarakan.
5th AA Regiment is located at Niigata.
Kaosing Fortress is located at Takao.
65th Division is located at Nanning.
105th IJNAF Base Force is located at Toyohara.
21st Engineer Regiment is located at Lunga.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU 400/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari many ships, 6 LCUs 13340/123/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 31760/111/156
Combat
Bangkok was swept by 72 X P-38J and the Japanese threw 30 X Zeke and 11 X George at them. 10 Zekes and all of the Georges were shot down at no cost to the Allies.
The 5th New Chinese Corps, about 42 miles SW of Sining, was bombed by 7 X Helen and the Chinese had very light casualties.
The Allied TF 28 miles SW of Bonin was attacked by 11 X Judy, 5 X Jill and 6 X Betty. The CAP of 11 X F4F-4 and 148 X F6F destroyed all of the Japanese planes before they were in range of the ship's AA envelope. 2 Hellcats were damaged. Later another attack of 2 X Judy, 2 X Jill and 3 X Betty tried and failed to pierce the CAP of 133 Hellcats as all of the would be attackers were splashed at the cost of 2 damaged fighters.
Bonin was attacked by 83 X SBD (13 damaged), 28 X SB2C (1 downed, 2 damaged) and 1 X F6F. They hit the airfield for moderate damage, some secondary explosions were reported and there were moderate troop losses.
Iwo Jima was raided by 90 X TBF (1 downed, 1 damaged), 67 X TBM (1 damaged) and 72 X F6F. The port was lightly damaged, many secondary explosions were seen and troop losses were extremely light.
The Japanese AP 81 miles SW of Kwajalein was attacked by 8 X PB4Y and 6 bombs struck it. Reports of soldiers diving into the water to escape the flames were reported.
Bill stares at the new BBs that Helena is sailing with and sighs. He knows that they are excellent AA platforms, but their 16” tubes are relics, dangerous but still relics. The carriers are the future of naval war, he thinks. He heads for his cabin and some much needed rest. Sleep has become increasingly difficult for him.
Sam has reacted rather poorly to being confined below decks. He's beginning to wonder who the real enemy is the Navy or the Japs. It's stuffy and hot, the places reeks and the thought of battle has everyone edgy. This is not a healthy situation.
Sandy hasn't received a letter for a few days now and wonders when the next one will arrive. Dave is smart enough to keep his mouth shut after the last episode. People seem to be tiring of the war and the growing number of casualties is an ever increasing burden. Yesterday one of Sandy's friends lost a brother to the war. She prays every night for Bill and the millions of souls engaged in this mess.
Gil was surprised that Elaine's family has made a big deal out of his birthday. He has turned 22 and he wonders if he'll ever see 23. Elaine's mother made a delicious meal and she even baked a cake for him. Elaine insists that he wait to open his present until after eating the cake. Later that night he opened the box box and in it was a pair of woolen socks and a scarf. “It must be cold flying up there in the clouds,” Elaine declared.
Victory Points Japanese 31655 Allied 28695
Intel
5819 men are based at Aomori.
27th Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
10th Construction Battalion is located at Tsitsihar.
5th Division is located at Kendari.
60th Construction Battalion is located at Tarakan.
5th AA Regiment is located at Niigata.
Kaosing Fortress is located at Takao.
65th Division is located at Nanning.
105th IJNAF Base Force is located at Toyohara.
21st Engineer Regiment is located at Lunga.
Recon
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU 400/0/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari many ships, 6 LCUs 13340/123/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 31760/111/156
Combat
Bangkok was swept by 72 X P-38J and the Japanese threw 30 X Zeke and 11 X George at them. 10 Zekes and all of the Georges were shot down at no cost to the Allies.
The 5th New Chinese Corps, about 42 miles SW of Sining, was bombed by 7 X Helen and the Chinese had very light casualties.
The Allied TF 28 miles SW of Bonin was attacked by 11 X Judy, 5 X Jill and 6 X Betty. The CAP of 11 X F4F-4 and 148 X F6F destroyed all of the Japanese planes before they were in range of the ship's AA envelope. 2 Hellcats were damaged. Later another attack of 2 X Judy, 2 X Jill and 3 X Betty tried and failed to pierce the CAP of 133 Hellcats as all of the would be attackers were splashed at the cost of 2 damaged fighters.
Bonin was attacked by 83 X SBD (13 damaged), 28 X SB2C (1 downed, 2 damaged) and 1 X F6F. They hit the airfield for moderate damage, some secondary explosions were reported and there were moderate troop losses.
Iwo Jima was raided by 90 X TBF (1 downed, 1 damaged), 67 X TBM (1 damaged) and 72 X F6F. The port was lightly damaged, many secondary explosions were seen and troop losses were extremely light.
The Japanese AP 81 miles SW of Kwajalein was attacked by 8 X PB4Y and 6 bombs struck it. Reports of soldiers diving into the water to escape the flames were reported.
Bill stares at the new BBs that Helena is sailing with and sighs. He knows that they are excellent AA platforms, but their 16” tubes are relics, dangerous but still relics. The carriers are the future of naval war, he thinks. He heads for his cabin and some much needed rest. Sleep has become increasingly difficult for him.
Sam has reacted rather poorly to being confined below decks. He's beginning to wonder who the real enemy is the Navy or the Japs. It's stuffy and hot, the places reeks and the thought of battle has everyone edgy. This is not a healthy situation.
Sandy hasn't received a letter for a few days now and wonders when the next one will arrive. Dave is smart enough to keep his mouth shut after the last episode. People seem to be tiring of the war and the growing number of casualties is an ever increasing burden. Yesterday one of Sandy's friends lost a brother to the war. She prays every night for Bill and the millions of souls engaged in this mess.
Gil was surprised that Elaine's family has made a big deal out of his birthday. He has turned 22 and he wonders if he'll ever see 23. Elaine's mother made a delicious meal and she even baked a cake for him. Elaine insists that he wait to open his present until after eating the cake. Later that night he opened the box box and in it was a pair of woolen socks and a scarf. “It must be cold flying up there in the clouds,” Elaine declared.
Victory Points Japanese 31655 Allied 28695
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Double Shift
April 20, 1944 The Bonin Islands
Intel
64th Division is located at Nanning.
77th Division is located at Sapporo.
51390 men are based at Marcus Island.
7th Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.
3rd Mortar Battalion is located at Balikpapan.
19th Army is located at Tokyo.
1653 men are based at Tainan.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Tavoy 1 fighter, 10 LCUs 63760/754/7
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 33860/397/24
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna 5 LCUs 25700/248/7
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari many ships, 6 LCUs 16720/151/5
Combat
The SS Skate, 86 miles SE of Kagoshima, located an MSW and 4 PCs and though she tried to get into position an attack was never launched. She later reported a CV moving to the SW.
Bangkok was swept by 59 X P-38J and they were met by 31 X Zeke and 9 X George. In the ensuing mayhem 16 Zekes were shot down and 6 Georges were destroyed at the cost of losing 4 Lightnings and having 4 more damaged.
Koepang was raided by 138 X B-24D, 48 X B-24J and 71 X P-38J in attendance. 10 Zekes and 10 Jacks gave battle and the lightnings destroyed 7 Zekes and all of the Jacks at no cost to themselves. The AA fire downed a B-24D (14 damaged) and damaged 3 of the B-24Js. The airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damaged, a great many secondary explosions were observed and personnel losses were put a heavy.
Bonin's airfield was attacked by 80 X SBD (4 destroyed, 11 damaged), 28 X SB2C (9 damaged) and 76 X F6F. The base was moderately damaged, a single secondary explosion was seen and troop casualties were light.
Iwo Jima's port was lightly damaged by 90 X TBF (4 damaged), 3 X TBM (3 damaged) and a single Hellcat. There were a few secondary explosion and casualties to the troops was placed at extremely light.
It is expected that 2 invasion TFs will depart Guam tonight and join with more ships at Saipan for the run to Iwo Jima. Another TF at Guam has orders to commence loading of support units as soon as the others depart.
Gil sits on the porch talking to Elaine's dad and they both agree that it's to bad the the Pirates have opened the season on the road. Gil says, “I'll be gone before they return to for their home opener.”
Sam lies in his bunk staring at the mattress just inches from his nose. “They should rename this ship The Ritz,” he says. It draws a chuckle from somewhere close by and then he adds, “I'll have to take this out on the Japs as it's because of them that I'm here.” Now there are comments of agreement. Maybe we'll get going soon, he hopes.
Bill observes that there are fighters constantly roving overhead and their being there gives him a certain piece of mind. So far the USN's CAPs have proved to be impenetrable. He leaves the bridge and returns to his cabin. Sitting at his desk he puts pen to paper and before he realizes it there is a 3 page letter to Sandy. He adds it to the pile after placing it into an envelope and numbering it.
Gene is pooped after working a double shift. On the way home he stops in a bar for a beer. Only 2 days to go and he'll be off all of Sunday. He needs the rest, but there's more work than the yard can handle. In the bar there are a few men sitting at a table with a wounded Marine. Gene sits at the bar and listens to the talk. The Marine was hit by shrapnel and he claims to still have enough metal in him that if somebody shot him the bullet would just bounce off. That draws some laughs and they continue to pound down the booze. Gene finishes his beer, pays the bartender and continues on his way home. He's looking forward to a nice hot shower and some sleep.
Victory Points Japanese 31568 Allied 28744
Intel
64th Division is located at Nanning.
77th Division is located at Sapporo.
51390 men are based at Marcus Island.
7th Engineer Regiment is located at Mishan.
3rd Mortar Battalion is located at Balikpapan.
19th Army is located at Tokyo.
1653 men are based at Tainan.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Tavoy 1 fighter, 10 LCUs 63760/754/7
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 33860/397/24
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna 5 LCUs 25700/248/7
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari many ships, 6 LCUs 16720/151/5
Combat
The SS Skate, 86 miles SE of Kagoshima, located an MSW and 4 PCs and though she tried to get into position an attack was never launched. She later reported a CV moving to the SW.
Bangkok was swept by 59 X P-38J and they were met by 31 X Zeke and 9 X George. In the ensuing mayhem 16 Zekes were shot down and 6 Georges were destroyed at the cost of losing 4 Lightnings and having 4 more damaged.
Koepang was raided by 138 X B-24D, 48 X B-24J and 71 X P-38J in attendance. 10 Zekes and 10 Jacks gave battle and the lightnings destroyed 7 Zekes and all of the Jacks at no cost to themselves. The AA fire downed a B-24D (14 damaged) and damaged 3 of the B-24Js. The airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damaged, a great many secondary explosions were observed and personnel losses were put a heavy.
Bonin's airfield was attacked by 80 X SBD (4 destroyed, 11 damaged), 28 X SB2C (9 damaged) and 76 X F6F. The base was moderately damaged, a single secondary explosion was seen and troop casualties were light.
Iwo Jima's port was lightly damaged by 90 X TBF (4 damaged), 3 X TBM (3 damaged) and a single Hellcat. There were a few secondary explosion and casualties to the troops was placed at extremely light.
It is expected that 2 invasion TFs will depart Guam tonight and join with more ships at Saipan for the run to Iwo Jima. Another TF at Guam has orders to commence loading of support units as soon as the others depart.
Gil sits on the porch talking to Elaine's dad and they both agree that it's to bad the the Pirates have opened the season on the road. Gil says, “I'll be gone before they return to for their home opener.”
Sam lies in his bunk staring at the mattress just inches from his nose. “They should rename this ship The Ritz,” he says. It draws a chuckle from somewhere close by and then he adds, “I'll have to take this out on the Japs as it's because of them that I'm here.” Now there are comments of agreement. Maybe we'll get going soon, he hopes.
Bill observes that there are fighters constantly roving overhead and their being there gives him a certain piece of mind. So far the USN's CAPs have proved to be impenetrable. He leaves the bridge and returns to his cabin. Sitting at his desk he puts pen to paper and before he realizes it there is a 3 page letter to Sandy. He adds it to the pile after placing it into an envelope and numbering it.
Gene is pooped after working a double shift. On the way home he stops in a bar for a beer. Only 2 days to go and he'll be off all of Sunday. He needs the rest, but there's more work than the yard can handle. In the bar there are a few men sitting at a table with a wounded Marine. Gene sits at the bar and listens to the talk. The Marine was hit by shrapnel and he claims to still have enough metal in him that if somebody shot him the bullet would just bounce off. That draws some laughs and they continue to pound down the booze. Gene finishes his beer, pays the bartender and continues on his way home. He's looking forward to a nice hot shower and some sleep.
Victory Points Japanese 31568 Allied 28744
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Hunger For More
April 21, 1944 Burma
Intel
13th Army is located at Nanning.
Soya Fortress is located at Wakkanai.
17th Division is located at Nanning.
10th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Heiho.
17th Division is located at Nanning.
46th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
2nd Area Army is located at Malang.
211843 men are based at Masan.
12322 men are based at Kadina.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
42nd Road Construction Battalion is located at Gili Gili.
15901 men are based at Nagaoka.
28946 men are based at Tsitsihar.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari many ships, 3 aux, 6 LCUs 19280/176/5
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna 5 LCUs 27640/247/9
Combat
A Judy attacked the SS Apogon 317 miles SW of Tori Shima and the sub has reported that it was hit. She will now make for Saipan with moderate systems damage and flooding. As long as the pumps work she should survive.
A USN TF made up of the CL Raleigh and 4 DDs made a night time attack on the Japanese shipping near Paramushiro Jima. 3 AKs were attacked and were hit with heavy gunfire and a torpedo struck 1 of them. 2 AKs went down and the other was burning as the attackers retired unscathed.
Tavoy was attacked by 120 X Liberator VI, 55 X B-25J, 3 X Corsair IV, 12 X Spitfire VIII and 3 X P-38J. A lone Jack appeared and was promptly damaged as it fled. AA fire damaged 2 Liberators and 3 Mitchells while the airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damage, many secondary explosions were reported and casualties were placed at heavy.
Bangkok was swept by 72 X P-38J and they were engaged by 27 X Zeke and 3 X George. 5 Zekes were shot down while another was damaged and 2 Georges were splashed. A Lightning was lost in the fight.
Then 21 X B-24J appeared and proceeded to mine the harbor unmolested by the Japanese.
Lautem was hit by 139 X B-25J, 30 X Kittyhawk III and 19 X P-40N. The port was lightly damaged, there were many secondary explosions and personnel losses were light while 2 bombers were destroyed and 17 were damaged by the flak.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was struck by 10 Helens and since there is nothing left to hit save a few men no damage was done.
Bonin's airstrip was the target for 71 X SBD (2 downed, 8 damaged), 26 X SB2C (6 damaged) and 73 X F6F. The target was moderately damaged,there were a couple of secondary explosions and losses were thought to have been moderate.
Iwo Jima's port was the object of attention for 88 X TBF (2 destroyed, 2 damaged), 67 X TBM (1 downed, 5 damaged) and a lone F6F. The port took light damage, many secondary explosions were seen and troop losses were light.
The invasion force will depart Saipan tonight, target Iwo Jima. A diversionary attack on Yap is being put together and the launch will come after the attack on Bonin is made.
To date Stick has 27 combat missions to his credit and no kills. Tomorrow will be his first ground attack mission, Yap is the target. He's trying very hard to maintain his view of things, but he aches to get a kill. “If you get one then you'll just want more,” taunts one of the other pilots. “It's like sex, you don't know what you're missing until that first one and then you'll just hunger for more.” The tent that serves as their mess is rippling with laughter and Stick enjoys the fun.
Gil and Elaine took time to stroll through Schenley Park today and then returned in time for her to help set the table for dinner. Elaine's dad and Gil spent the time after dinner debating the qualities of their respective baseball teams and their history. It's an argument that's tough to beat a Gil's Yankees have managed to win more than their share of titles.
Victory Points Japanese 31691 Allied 28898
Intel
13th Army is located at Nanning.
Soya Fortress is located at Wakkanai.
17th Division is located at Nanning.
10th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Heiho.
17th Division is located at Nanning.
46th Road Construction Battalion is located at Changkufeng.
2nd Area Army is located at Malang.
211843 men are based at Masan.
12322 men are based at Kadina.
Iki Fortress is located at Ikitsuki.
42nd Road Construction Battalion is located at Gili Gili.
15901 men are based at Nagaoka.
28946 men are based at Tsitsihar.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kendari many ships, 3 aux, 6 LCUs 19280/176/5
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Yap 1 LCU
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Buna 5 LCUs 27640/247/9
Combat
A Judy attacked the SS Apogon 317 miles SW of Tori Shima and the sub has reported that it was hit. She will now make for Saipan with moderate systems damage and flooding. As long as the pumps work she should survive.
A USN TF made up of the CL Raleigh and 4 DDs made a night time attack on the Japanese shipping near Paramushiro Jima. 3 AKs were attacked and were hit with heavy gunfire and a torpedo struck 1 of them. 2 AKs went down and the other was burning as the attackers retired unscathed.
Tavoy was attacked by 120 X Liberator VI, 55 X B-25J, 3 X Corsair IV, 12 X Spitfire VIII and 3 X P-38J. A lone Jack appeared and was promptly damaged as it fled. AA fire damaged 2 Liberators and 3 Mitchells while the airfield was subjected to extremely heavy damage, many secondary explosions were reported and casualties were placed at heavy.
Bangkok was swept by 72 X P-38J and they were engaged by 27 X Zeke and 3 X George. 5 Zekes were shot down while another was damaged and 2 Georges were splashed. A Lightning was lost in the fight.
Then 21 X B-24J appeared and proceeded to mine the harbor unmolested by the Japanese.
Lautem was hit by 139 X B-25J, 30 X Kittyhawk III and 19 X P-40N. The port was lightly damaged, there were many secondary explosions and personnel losses were light while 2 bombers were destroyed and 17 were damaged by the flak.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was struck by 10 Helens and since there is nothing left to hit save a few men no damage was done.
Bonin's airstrip was the target for 71 X SBD (2 downed, 8 damaged), 26 X SB2C (6 damaged) and 73 X F6F. The target was moderately damaged,there were a couple of secondary explosions and losses were thought to have been moderate.
Iwo Jima's port was the object of attention for 88 X TBF (2 destroyed, 2 damaged), 67 X TBM (1 downed, 5 damaged) and a lone F6F. The port took light damage, many secondary explosions were seen and troop losses were light.
The invasion force will depart Saipan tonight, target Iwo Jima. A diversionary attack on Yap is being put together and the launch will come after the attack on Bonin is made.
To date Stick has 27 combat missions to his credit and no kills. Tomorrow will be his first ground attack mission, Yap is the target. He's trying very hard to maintain his view of things, but he aches to get a kill. “If you get one then you'll just want more,” taunts one of the other pilots. “It's like sex, you don't know what you're missing until that first one and then you'll just hunger for more.” The tent that serves as their mess is rippling with laughter and Stick enjoys the fun.
Gil and Elaine took time to stroll through Schenley Park today and then returned in time for her to help set the table for dinner. Elaine's dad and Gil spent the time after dinner debating the qualities of their respective baseball teams and their history. It's an argument that's tough to beat a Gil's Yankees have managed to win more than their share of titles.
Victory Points Japanese 31691 Allied 28898
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Loaded For Bear
April 22, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
116th Division is located at Canton.
China Expeditionary Army is located at Nanning.
39970 men are based at Kanazawa.
5122 men are based at Wonsan.
6895 men are based at Inch'on.
Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori.
12th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Nagoya.
2nd South Seas Det. is located at Kwajalein.
111th IJN Base Force is located at Shikka.
5118 men are based at Wonsan.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili 2 LCUs 1880/5/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 38180/89/154
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 12 bombers, 2 aux, 3 LCUs 6960/11/0
Combat
The SS Growler, 14 miles NW of Paramushiro Jima, caught a lone AK and hit it with 3 torpedoes. It is suspected that this was a survivor of the air and naval attacks in the area. The AK was reported as sunk by the sub.
Ed's Old Gals hit Iwo Jima with a naval bombardment in the morning. Japanese gunners fought back hitting the CA Portland a few times. No damage was done to any facilities, but there were very heavy casualties to the troops. A little later in the morning 45 X B-24J arrived and 1 was damaged by AA. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were a large number of secondary explosions and casualties were placed at light. 17 X TBF (4 damaged) and a lone Hellcat then attacked doing no harm.
Buna's port was moderately damaged by 38 X B-17E. There were a couple of secondary explosions and personnel losses were light.
Near Kwajalein an AP was caught by 6 X PB4Y, 1 of which was damaged. A bomb found the mark. An AK was attacked later by 3 X PB4Y who managed a bomb hit that started a fire.
Bangkok was swept by 58 X P-38J and the Japanese countered with 14 X Zeke and 3 X George. 4 Zekes and all of the Georges went down in the battle while all of the Lightnings returned home unharmed.
Yap was struck by 13 X SBD and 14 X P-47D who did very light damage to the airstrip.
The RN convoy about 251 miles W of Rangoon was attacked by 6 X Frances and an AK took a torpedo hit, setting it on fire. 2 of the Japanese planes were damaged by the AA.
The Japanese tried to hit the RN ships 246 miles NW of Andaman Island with 14 X Frances, but a CAP of 14 X Hellcat II and 11 X Corsair IV were on hand to greet the attackers. 12 of the Japanese planes were splashed while 5 Hellcat IIs and 2 Corsair IVs were damaged. No ships were ever in peril. Another attack of 3 X Frances then appeared and the CAP damaged 1 of them as the Japanese turned tail and ran for their lives, dumping their fish harmlessly in the middle of nowhere.
Ed sits on the bridge looking over photos taken after today's bombardment of Iwo and he decides that he can't tell what was a valid target and what wasn't, let alone if it was destroyed. The good news was that the mines really are gone and now the island lays open for an invasion.
Stick found that a ground attack mission was very different that flying CAP. Still he want air to air combat, not fighting down in the dirt.
Elaine convinced Gil to go shopping with her and he got a taste of a female being frustrated at almost every turn. When a store had what she wanted it was the wrong size or color. She finally gave up and they stopped at a soda fountain for a welcomed rest. Gil had his eyes opened today as he comes from a poor family and Elaine is used to having money to burn.
Sam is primed and ready to go as a sailor told him that they were no longer circling. Excitement tempered by fear runs through the ship and the men quietly begin to attend to their gear. Sam has stripped the M1911 that he obtained a while back from an officer who no longer had need of it. He starts cleaning it as he thinks that being loaded for bear is a good thing since Japanese take lots of killing.
Bomber Command used the “J” bomb, liquid incendiary, for the first time, hitting Brunswick.
Mussolini and Hitler met near Salzburg.
Tito's Partisans stormed the island of Korcula and captured 800 Germans.
The Russians broke off the talks with the Finns.
Victory Points Japanese 31699 Allied 28966
Intel
Hensui Construction Battalion is located at Sasebo.
116th Division is located at Canton.
China Expeditionary Army is located at Nanning.
39970 men are based at Kanazawa.
5122 men are based at Wonsan.
6895 men are based at Inch'on.
Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori.
12th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Nagoya.
2nd South Seas Det. is located at Kwajalein.
111th IJN Base Force is located at Shikka.
5118 men are based at Wonsan.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Dili 2 LCUs 1880/5/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 38180/89/154
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 12 bombers, 2 aux, 3 LCUs 6960/11/0
Combat
The SS Growler, 14 miles NW of Paramushiro Jima, caught a lone AK and hit it with 3 torpedoes. It is suspected that this was a survivor of the air and naval attacks in the area. The AK was reported as sunk by the sub.
Ed's Old Gals hit Iwo Jima with a naval bombardment in the morning. Japanese gunners fought back hitting the CA Portland a few times. No damage was done to any facilities, but there were very heavy casualties to the troops. A little later in the morning 45 X B-24J arrived and 1 was damaged by AA. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were a large number of secondary explosions and casualties were placed at light. 17 X TBF (4 damaged) and a lone Hellcat then attacked doing no harm.
Buna's port was moderately damaged by 38 X B-17E. There were a couple of secondary explosions and personnel losses were light.
Near Kwajalein an AP was caught by 6 X PB4Y, 1 of which was damaged. A bomb found the mark. An AK was attacked later by 3 X PB4Y who managed a bomb hit that started a fire.
Bangkok was swept by 58 X P-38J and the Japanese countered with 14 X Zeke and 3 X George. 4 Zekes and all of the Georges went down in the battle while all of the Lightnings returned home unharmed.
Yap was struck by 13 X SBD and 14 X P-47D who did very light damage to the airstrip.
The RN convoy about 251 miles W of Rangoon was attacked by 6 X Frances and an AK took a torpedo hit, setting it on fire. 2 of the Japanese planes were damaged by the AA.
The Japanese tried to hit the RN ships 246 miles NW of Andaman Island with 14 X Frances, but a CAP of 14 X Hellcat II and 11 X Corsair IV were on hand to greet the attackers. 12 of the Japanese planes were splashed while 5 Hellcat IIs and 2 Corsair IVs were damaged. No ships were ever in peril. Another attack of 3 X Frances then appeared and the CAP damaged 1 of them as the Japanese turned tail and ran for their lives, dumping their fish harmlessly in the middle of nowhere.
Ed sits on the bridge looking over photos taken after today's bombardment of Iwo and he decides that he can't tell what was a valid target and what wasn't, let alone if it was destroyed. The good news was that the mines really are gone and now the island lays open for an invasion.
Stick found that a ground attack mission was very different that flying CAP. Still he want air to air combat, not fighting down in the dirt.
Elaine convinced Gil to go shopping with her and he got a taste of a female being frustrated at almost every turn. When a store had what she wanted it was the wrong size or color. She finally gave up and they stopped at a soda fountain for a welcomed rest. Gil had his eyes opened today as he comes from a poor family and Elaine is used to having money to burn.
Sam is primed and ready to go as a sailor told him that they were no longer circling. Excitement tempered by fear runs through the ship and the men quietly begin to attend to their gear. Sam has stripped the M1911 that he obtained a while back from an officer who no longer had need of it. He starts cleaning it as he thinks that being loaded for bear is a good thing since Japanese take lots of killing.
Bomber Command used the “J” bomb, liquid incendiary, for the first time, hitting Brunswick.
Mussolini and Hitler met near Salzburg.
Tito's Partisans stormed the island of Korcula and captured 800 Germans.
The Russians broke off the talks with the Finns.
Victory Points Japanese 31699 Allied 28966
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Loaded For Bear
April 23, 1944 Leaving The Marianas
Intel
116th Division is located at Canton.
56th Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
44th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
12th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
3355 men are based at Hamamatsu.
23rd Mixed Brigade is planning for an attack on Darwin.
2nd Parachute Regiment is located at Haiphong.
3978 men are based at Osumi.
52nd Division is located at Kanazawa.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
13th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
12th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 2 fighters, 17 bombers, 3 aux, 3 LCUs 6640/15/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCU 3880/10/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 11640/49/0
Combat
Somehow the IJN managed to appear and initiate a night time surface engagement about 359 miles NE of Trimcomalee.
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato 6shell hits, 1 torpedo hit
BB Ise 6 shell hits
DD Isokaze
DD Shiratsuyu 2 shell hits, on fire
DD Umikaze
DD Yugure 6 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ariake
DD Shikinami
DD Yugiri
DD Karukaya
Allied Ships
CV Formidable
CVL Hermes 1 shell hit
CVE Begum 2 shell hits, 1 torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Shah
CLAA Caledon 1 shell hit
CLAA Caradoc 11 shell hits, 1 torpedo hit, on fire
DD Electra 2 shell hits, on fire
DD Fortune 1 shell hit
DD Foxhound 2 shell hits, on fire
DD Griffin
DD Isis 4 shell hits, sunk
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
DD Quadrant
DD Saumarez 8 shell hits, sunk
There was considerable alarm on the part of the RN commanders and the lack of recon flights warning of this force had it's negative results, though it could have been much worse.
Tavoy was targeted by 48 X B-24J, 52 X B-25J and 13 X Corsair IV. 7 of the Liberators were damaged as the airfield was heavily damaged. There were a couple of secondary explosions and Japanese casualties were moderate. The IJA 49th Division was hit by 39 X Thunderbolt II (1 shot down, 2 damaged), 28 X P-38J (3 damaged) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. Troop losses were light. Another raid on the 49th Division was made by 64 X Thunderbolt II (10 damaged) and 12 X Spitfire VIII. Losses to the troops were light.
Andaman Island was attacked by 117 X Liberator VI and 48 X B-29. 5 of the Liberators were damaged by AA. The airfield sustained very heavy damage, there were many secondary explosions, 6 X Frances and a Dinah were destroyed and personnel losses were moderate. This was the first combat for the B-29, forever to be called “The Big Silver Birds” by the Japanese (aka Steve).
Koepang was raided by 20 X B-24J who were met by a lone Jack that didn't press home an attack. 7 planes were damaged by the flak. The airfield was lightly damaged and casualties were heavy.
Yap was struck by 2 X P-39D who did no damage. The 103rd IJNAF Base Force was attacked by 21 X F4U-1D and 2 X P-47D. No losses were inflicted or sustained. This was the Flying Deuces' first ground attack mission. Later 13 X SBD and 11 X P-47D did light damage to the airfield and departed safely.
Lunga was swept by 24 X P-38J, but they encountered no opposition.
The Allied PG 241 miles NW of Andaman Island was being protected by 6 X P-38J when 6 X Zeke and 4 X Frances appeared. 4 X Zeke and a Frances were splashed while another Frances was damaged. The ship was hit by a torpedo and suffered heavy damage and fires. The PG had to be scuttled as her pumps failed leaving her helpless against the flooding and fires.
Kwajalein's port was struck for light damage by 24 X P-47D, of which 5 were damaged by ground fire.
Lunga's port was hit by 15 X B-24J (5 damaged) for light damage and light troop losses.
The SS Tinosa, 72 miles E of Butuan, spied an AP being escorted by 3 X PGs and made her attack, hitting the target with 2 torpedoes. The AP was heavily damaged and burning and many soldiers were seen going overboard before the ship went down. The escorts heroically fished men out of the water despite knowing a sub was around.
The invasion force passes Pagan on it's way to Iwo Jima. It carries the following assault units:
1 Marine Division
25 Division
33 Division
38 Division
34 Eng Rgt
2 Marine Armored Amphib Bn
637 Tank Destroyer Bn
763 Tank Bn
767 Tank Bn
708 Armored Amphib Bn
Some support units and supply ships are also part of the invasion force.
Stick returned to base feeling down as he totally missed hitting anything on the attack staged against Yap. He later finds out that the rest of his squadron also came up empty. The squadron CO tells them to buck up as tomorrow is another day and weather permitting they'll go again.
Dawn brings an amazing sight to Sam who has managed to get permission to go topside. He sees an ocean full of ships as far as the eye can see and he supposes there are plenty more that he can't see. “It won't be long now,” he says aloud to himself. A deckhand says that he doesn't envy him and he and Gil engage in conversation and a smoke. “Being penned up below is almost as bad as fighting the Japs,” says Sam. The sailor says that he wouldn't trade places with Sam for all the tea in China. Sam wonders to himself about being on a burning ship.
Victory Points Japanese 31722 Allied 28994
Intel
116th Division is located at Canton.
56th Construction Battalion is located at Singapore.
44th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
12th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
3355 men are based at Hamamatsu.
23rd Mixed Brigade is planning for an attack on Darwin.
2nd Parachute Regiment is located at Haiphong.
3978 men are based at Osumi.
52nd Division is located at Kanazawa.
6th Reserve AA Regiment is located at Wonsan.
13th Ind. Brigade is located at Ichang.
12th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 2 fighters, 17 bombers, 3 aux, 3 LCUs 6640/15/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Songkhia 1 LCU 3880/10/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 11640/49/0
Combat
Somehow the IJN managed to appear and initiate a night time surface engagement about 359 miles NE of Trimcomalee.
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato 6shell hits, 1 torpedo hit
BB Ise 6 shell hits
DD Isokaze
DD Shiratsuyu 2 shell hits, on fire
DD Umikaze
DD Yugure 6 shell hits, on fire, heavy damage
DD Ariake
DD Shikinami
DD Yugiri
DD Karukaya
Allied Ships
CV Formidable
CVL Hermes 1 shell hit
CVE Begum 2 shell hits, 1 torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Shah
CLAA Caledon 1 shell hit
CLAA Caradoc 11 shell hits, 1 torpedo hit, on fire
DD Electra 2 shell hits, on fire
DD Fortune 1 shell hit
DD Foxhound 2 shell hits, on fire
DD Griffin
DD Isis 4 shell hits, sunk
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
DD Quadrant
DD Saumarez 8 shell hits, sunk
There was considerable alarm on the part of the RN commanders and the lack of recon flights warning of this force had it's negative results, though it could have been much worse.
Tavoy was targeted by 48 X B-24J, 52 X B-25J and 13 X Corsair IV. 7 of the Liberators were damaged as the airfield was heavily damaged. There were a couple of secondary explosions and Japanese casualties were moderate. The IJA 49th Division was hit by 39 X Thunderbolt II (1 shot down, 2 damaged), 28 X P-38J (3 damaged) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. Troop losses were light. Another raid on the 49th Division was made by 64 X Thunderbolt II (10 damaged) and 12 X Spitfire VIII. Losses to the troops were light.
Andaman Island was attacked by 117 X Liberator VI and 48 X B-29. 5 of the Liberators were damaged by AA. The airfield sustained very heavy damage, there were many secondary explosions, 6 X Frances and a Dinah were destroyed and personnel losses were moderate. This was the first combat for the B-29, forever to be called “The Big Silver Birds” by the Japanese (aka Steve).
Koepang was raided by 20 X B-24J who were met by a lone Jack that didn't press home an attack. 7 planes were damaged by the flak. The airfield was lightly damaged and casualties were heavy.
Yap was struck by 2 X P-39D who did no damage. The 103rd IJNAF Base Force was attacked by 21 X F4U-1D and 2 X P-47D. No losses were inflicted or sustained. This was the Flying Deuces' first ground attack mission. Later 13 X SBD and 11 X P-47D did light damage to the airfield and departed safely.
Lunga was swept by 24 X P-38J, but they encountered no opposition.
The Allied PG 241 miles NW of Andaman Island was being protected by 6 X P-38J when 6 X Zeke and 4 X Frances appeared. 4 X Zeke and a Frances were splashed while another Frances was damaged. The ship was hit by a torpedo and suffered heavy damage and fires. The PG had to be scuttled as her pumps failed leaving her helpless against the flooding and fires.
Kwajalein's port was struck for light damage by 24 X P-47D, of which 5 were damaged by ground fire.
Lunga's port was hit by 15 X B-24J (5 damaged) for light damage and light troop losses.
The SS Tinosa, 72 miles E of Butuan, spied an AP being escorted by 3 X PGs and made her attack, hitting the target with 2 torpedoes. The AP was heavily damaged and burning and many soldiers were seen going overboard before the ship went down. The escorts heroically fished men out of the water despite knowing a sub was around.
The invasion force passes Pagan on it's way to Iwo Jima. It carries the following assault units:
1 Marine Division
25 Division
33 Division
38 Division
34 Eng Rgt
2 Marine Armored Amphib Bn
637 Tank Destroyer Bn
763 Tank Bn
767 Tank Bn
708 Armored Amphib Bn
Some support units and supply ships are also part of the invasion force.
Stick returned to base feeling down as he totally missed hitting anything on the attack staged against Yap. He later finds out that the rest of his squadron also came up empty. The squadron CO tells them to buck up as tomorrow is another day and weather permitting they'll go again.
Dawn brings an amazing sight to Sam who has managed to get permission to go topside. He sees an ocean full of ships as far as the eye can see and he supposes there are plenty more that he can't see. “It won't be long now,” he says aloud to himself. A deckhand says that he doesn't envy him and he and Gil engage in conversation and a smoke. “Being penned up below is almost as bad as fighting the Japs,” says Sam. The sailor says that he wouldn't trade places with Sam for all the tea in China. Sam wonders to himself about being on a burning ship.
Victory Points Japanese 31722 Allied 28994
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Loaded For Bear
April 24, 1944 Pittsburgh
Intel
19th Division is located at Mishan.
20th Division is located at Changkufeng.
7th Naval Construction Battalion is located at Salamaua.
58th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
44th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
3rd Base Force is located at Morotai.
104th IJNAF Base Force is located at Tainan.
107th IJA Base Force is located at Taejon.
5th Air Division is loaded on AP Kamo Maru moving to Tokyo.
4597 men are based at Toyama.
1858 men are based at Akita.
28913 men are based at Tsitsihar.
Nagasaki Fortress is located at Nagasaki.
3351 men are based at Hamamatsu.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 34120/397/17
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 23840/110/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5580/25/129
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 11320/48/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 45360/120/146
Combat
The SS Cobia, 139 miles SE of Kagoshima, was relentlessly attacked by 5 PCs, who scored many hits. The sub has moderate systems damage and heavy flooding. She will try for Saipan.
Victoria Point was visited by 6 X P-38J who managed to chase off the lone Jack in the air before they returned to base.
Tavoy was bombed by 114 X Liberator VI (5 damaged), 51 X B-25J (2 damaged), 45 X B-24J and 15 X Corsair IV. The airfield took extremely heavy damage, there were many secondary explosions and troop losses were light. The IJA 49th Division was jumped by 26 X Thunderbolt II and 10 X Spitfire VIII. 5 Thunderbolts were damaged and the Japanese had light losses. Another attack soon followed as 55 Thunderbolt IIs and 9 Spitfire VIIIs came on. 8 Thunderbolts were damaged and the Japanese sustained moderate losses.
Andaman Island underwent an attack by 28 X B-29, 1 of which was damaged by AA fire. The airfield was very lightly damaged.
Dili's port was targeted by 139 X B-24D (5 damaged), 48 X B-24J (2 damaged) and 71 X P-38J. The port was heavily damaged, a very large number of secondary explosions were triggered and personnel losses were light.
Lautem was visited by 62 X B-25J and 13 X Kittyhawk II. 2 bombers went down and 14 more were damaged. The airfield was lightly damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were observed and casualties were placed at moderate.
Bonin's airfield was moderately damaged by 35 X B-24J (9 damaged). Troop casualties were thought to have been light.
Yap was hit by 14 X P-39D and 9 X P-47D to no effect. The 103rd IJNAF Base Force was attacked by 21 X F4U-1D and 2 X P-47D. The Japanese had light casualties. Another strike comprised of 13 SBDs and 13 Thunderbolts then did light damage to the airfield and caused a secondary explosion.
Gili Gili was raided by 95 X B-24J and the flak damaged 13 of them. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and casualties were moderate.
Port Moresby was the target for 41 X B-17E (6 damaged) and 46 X B-24D (5 damaged). They caused heavy damage to the airfield, many secondary explosions were reported and troop casualties were placed at very heavy.
The 5th New Chinese Corps was attacked by 10 Helens and there were no losses on either side.
The Flying Deuces are being kept very busy with either flying CAP or ground attack missions. Stick makes a bet with the guys that as soon as another island west of Ulithi opens up they'll be sent there. Before you know it everybody is in on it and the pool has grown to over $500. Gil has picked July 16 as their transfer date. Whoever gets the closest will win the growing pot.
Sam realizes that he's smoking more than ever before and he wonders if it's his nerves or nothing else to do. “Probably both,” he says out loud and it draws responses from around him. All of the men are edgy and the NCOs are keeping busy preventing and breaking up fights that break out over the tiniest and dumbest of things. Just then the guy in the next bunk breaks breeze and a collective moan arises from the men in the area. “Thanks,” says Sam, “Like it doesn't stink bad enough in here already.” That brings chuckles from the guys.
Gil is finding it increasingly rough not to think about his impending return to the AAC. His mind is obsessing on what they have in store for the Lucky 11. Elaine notices his distraction and asks. He tells her and she says, “Let's just enjoy the time we have together now and worry about everything else later.”
Britain banned foreign travel.
Victory Points Japanese 31708 Allied 28994
Intel
19th Division is located at Mishan.
20th Division is located at Changkufeng.
7th Naval Construction Battalion is located at Salamaua.
58th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
44th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kadina.
3rd Base Force is located at Morotai.
104th IJNAF Base Force is located at Tainan.
107th IJA Base Force is located at Taejon.
5th Air Division is loaded on AP Kamo Maru moving to Tokyo.
4597 men are based at Toyama.
1858 men are based at Akita.
28913 men are based at Tsitsihar.
Nagasaki Fortress is located at Nagasaki.
3351 men are based at Hamamatsu.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 34120/397/17
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 23840/110/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5580/25/129
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 11320/48/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 45360/120/146
Combat
The SS Cobia, 139 miles SE of Kagoshima, was relentlessly attacked by 5 PCs, who scored many hits. The sub has moderate systems damage and heavy flooding. She will try for Saipan.
Victoria Point was visited by 6 X P-38J who managed to chase off the lone Jack in the air before they returned to base.
Tavoy was bombed by 114 X Liberator VI (5 damaged), 51 X B-25J (2 damaged), 45 X B-24J and 15 X Corsair IV. The airfield took extremely heavy damage, there were many secondary explosions and troop losses were light. The IJA 49th Division was jumped by 26 X Thunderbolt II and 10 X Spitfire VIII. 5 Thunderbolts were damaged and the Japanese had light losses. Another attack soon followed as 55 Thunderbolt IIs and 9 Spitfire VIIIs came on. 8 Thunderbolts were damaged and the Japanese sustained moderate losses.
Andaman Island underwent an attack by 28 X B-29, 1 of which was damaged by AA fire. The airfield was very lightly damaged.
Dili's port was targeted by 139 X B-24D (5 damaged), 48 X B-24J (2 damaged) and 71 X P-38J. The port was heavily damaged, a very large number of secondary explosions were triggered and personnel losses were light.
Lautem was visited by 62 X B-25J and 13 X Kittyhawk II. 2 bombers went down and 14 more were damaged. The airfield was lightly damaged, a couple of secondary explosions were observed and casualties were placed at moderate.
Bonin's airfield was moderately damaged by 35 X B-24J (9 damaged). Troop casualties were thought to have been light.
Yap was hit by 14 X P-39D and 9 X P-47D to no effect. The 103rd IJNAF Base Force was attacked by 21 X F4U-1D and 2 X P-47D. The Japanese had light casualties. Another strike comprised of 13 SBDs and 13 Thunderbolts then did light damage to the airfield and caused a secondary explosion.
Gili Gili was raided by 95 X B-24J and the flak damaged 13 of them. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and casualties were moderate.
Port Moresby was the target for 41 X B-17E (6 damaged) and 46 X B-24D (5 damaged). They caused heavy damage to the airfield, many secondary explosions were reported and troop casualties were placed at very heavy.
The 5th New Chinese Corps was attacked by 10 Helens and there were no losses on either side.
The Flying Deuces are being kept very busy with either flying CAP or ground attack missions. Stick makes a bet with the guys that as soon as another island west of Ulithi opens up they'll be sent there. Before you know it everybody is in on it and the pool has grown to over $500. Gil has picked July 16 as their transfer date. Whoever gets the closest will win the growing pot.
Sam realizes that he's smoking more than ever before and he wonders if it's his nerves or nothing else to do. “Probably both,” he says out loud and it draws responses from around him. All of the men are edgy and the NCOs are keeping busy preventing and breaking up fights that break out over the tiniest and dumbest of things. Just then the guy in the next bunk breaks breeze and a collective moan arises from the men in the area. “Thanks,” says Sam, “Like it doesn't stink bad enough in here already.” That brings chuckles from the guys.
Gil is finding it increasingly rough not to think about his impending return to the AAC. His mind is obsessing on what they have in store for the Lucky 11. Elaine notices his distraction and asks. He tells her and she says, “Let's just enjoy the time we have together now and worry about everything else later.”
Britain banned foreign travel.
Victory Points Japanese 31708 Allied 28994
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Loaded For Bear
It's good to see that Steve seems to be resurrecting his AAR. I look forward to reading it once our war ends.
April 25, 1944 Nearing Iwo Jima
Intel
Burma Area Army is located at Tokyo.
14712 men are based at Toyohara.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Shanghai.
31st Army is loaded on AP Kasui Maru moving to Tokyo.
9th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
46th Division is located at Rabaul.
6th Construction Battalion is located at Heiho.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 34020/380/20
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X CA, 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5500/28/238
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 10 LCUs 4060/17/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 15140/77/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44780/116/165
Combat
Victoria Point was swept by 20 P-38Js who downed the lone Jack that was up and then they returned to base.
Tavoy was attacked by 110 X Liberator VI (1 damaged), 49 X B-25J (2 downed), 47 X B-24J and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield took extremely heavy damage, there were some secondary explosions and troop losses were light.
Andaman Island was raided by 24 X B-29 (2 damaged) and the airfield was lightly damaged.
Amboina was swept by 71 X P-38J who loitered for a bit and then returned home unopposed.
Yap's airfield was raided by 24 X P-39D and 15 X F4U-1D. The target had very light damage and a secondary explosion was seen. Then another attack made up of 13 X SBD and 15 X F4U-1D struck later in the day causing addition light damage to the airfield.
Lunga was swept by 24 X P-38J, but there was no opposition so the fighters left after a bit.
The 5th New Chinese Corps had very light casualties at the hands of 7 X Helen.
A Lily attacked the SS Tantalus 15 miles NE of Bankha and the sub reported being hit. She is now heading to a port with very light systems damage and light flooding.
The scuttlebutt is that the invasion is set for 2 days from now. Sam is ready, but he can't say that he's looking forward to it even if it'll get him off of this ship.
The 2nd Marines are still waiting for orders. They know that a big operation is about to strike somewhere to the north, but for now Slim will just enjoy a day at the beach, smoke and drink some beer. He thinks that if there were some women around this could almost be heaven.
Sandy hasn't had a letter in a while and though she tells herself not to worry about Bill she can't help herself. She tries to hide her anxiety from her father, but Dave isn't fooled. He is very careful as to what he says to her and he even suggested that they head into town to see a movie. She knows that he wants to help her through this so she says OK and they leave after lunch.
Gil tells Elaine's mom that he'll never fit into his uniform if she keeps feeding him like this. She tells him to be quiet and eat. Elaine, her sister and father just laugh. Gil feels very comfortable here, even more so that with his family.
Victory Points Japanese 31732 Allied 29002
April 25, 1944 Nearing Iwo Jima
Intel
Burma Area Army is located at Tokyo.
14712 men are based at Toyohara.
Elements of the 9th Mongolian Cavalry Division are located at Shanghai.
31st Army is loaded on AP Kasui Maru moving to Tokyo.
9th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
46th Division is located at Rabaul.
6th Construction Battalion is located at Heiho.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Rahaeng 8 LCUs 34020/380/20
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X CA, 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5500/28/238
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 10 LCUs 4060/17/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 15140/77/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44780/116/165
Combat
Victoria Point was swept by 20 P-38Js who downed the lone Jack that was up and then they returned to base.
Tavoy was attacked by 110 X Liberator VI (1 damaged), 49 X B-25J (2 downed), 47 X B-24J and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield took extremely heavy damage, there were some secondary explosions and troop losses were light.
Andaman Island was raided by 24 X B-29 (2 damaged) and the airfield was lightly damaged.
Amboina was swept by 71 X P-38J who loitered for a bit and then returned home unopposed.
Yap's airfield was raided by 24 X P-39D and 15 X F4U-1D. The target had very light damage and a secondary explosion was seen. Then another attack made up of 13 X SBD and 15 X F4U-1D struck later in the day causing addition light damage to the airfield.
Lunga was swept by 24 X P-38J, but there was no opposition so the fighters left after a bit.
The 5th New Chinese Corps had very light casualties at the hands of 7 X Helen.
A Lily attacked the SS Tantalus 15 miles NE of Bankha and the sub reported being hit. She is now heading to a port with very light systems damage and light flooding.
The scuttlebutt is that the invasion is set for 2 days from now. Sam is ready, but he can't say that he's looking forward to it even if it'll get him off of this ship.
The 2nd Marines are still waiting for orders. They know that a big operation is about to strike somewhere to the north, but for now Slim will just enjoy a day at the beach, smoke and drink some beer. He thinks that if there were some women around this could almost be heaven.
Sandy hasn't had a letter in a while and though she tells herself not to worry about Bill she can't help herself. She tries to hide her anxiety from her father, but Dave isn't fooled. He is very careful as to what he says to her and he even suggested that they head into town to see a movie. She knows that he wants to help her through this so she says OK and they leave after lunch.
Gil tells Elaine's mom that he'll never fit into his uniform if she keeps feeding him like this. She tells him to be quiet and eat. Elaine, her sister and father just laugh. Gil feels very comfortable here, even more so that with his family.
Victory Points Japanese 31732 Allied 29002
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Loaded For Bear
April 26, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
17560 men are based at Shikka.
1st Guards Mixed Brigade is located at Tokyo.
6th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Heiho.
117th IJA Base Force is located at Homan.
13th Army is located at Nanning.
28902 men are based at Tsitsihar.
13th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
211846 men are based at Masan.
Yokosuka 6th SNLF is located at Port Moresby.
2nd Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
1st Mortar Battalion is located at Nanning.
2nd Area Army is located at Malang.
Recon
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 9020/121/2
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mishan 6 LCUs 20100/256/164
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 16300/200/6
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bangkok 1 LCU 1680/16/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bulla vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5960/20/240
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 36890/355/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 10 LCUs 15080/32/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 19040/79/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44460/113/157
Combat
The SS Bowfin, 23 miles E of Tacloban, attacked an AP being escorted by 4 PCs and hit it with a torpedo.
A naval bombardment of Iwo Jima inflicted heavy troop losses. Then as the smoke was clearing 73 X SBD (1 damaged), 27 X SB2C (1 damaged), 77 X TBF, 89 X TBM (1 damaged) and 5 X F6F roared in and caused light damage to the airfield and port, there were many secondary explosions and very light troop losses.
The SS Tinosa, 79 miles SE of Butuan, attacked a lone AK and hit it with a fish.
Tavoy was attacked by 116 X Liberator VI (3 damaged), 46 X B-25J (1 downed), 44 X B-24J (1 damaged) and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield was extremely heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and personnel casualties were moderate. The 49th Division was pounced on by 42 X Thunderbolt II and 12 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had moderate casualties.
Yap was raided by 24 X P-39D and 14 X F4U-1D who did light damage to the airstrip and caused a secondary explosion. 13 X SBD and 14 XF4U-1D attacked in the afternoon and did light damage to the airfield.
The 146th IJA Base Force, at Rahaeng, was attacked by 14 X Mosquito FB.VI. 1 planes was shot down and 2 others were damaged as the inflicted light losses.
It has been discovered that there are no mines at Yap so as soon as possible it will be grabbed.
The march on Tavoy is in full swing and a pitched battle for it is expected as there are lots of Japanese there.
Ed's Old Gals did a bang up job on Iwo and are now returning to base to replenish for another foray. Ed and his planners are working on the quickest possible turn around so his lumbering Gals can get back into the action. He looks at his charts and ponders Bonin as it's the next objective.
Stick now has 33 missions and a new plane as the old one has been shot up pretty badly by ground fire. “I swear that I never even knew I was hit,” he said. He takes a playful ribbing from the guys and counts himself as lucky to have been able to return safely. He loves the Corsair even more now that he knows it's a tough bird.
Gil is thinking more and more about his impending return to the AAC. He's keeping it to himself though. Elaine acts as though only the 2 of them exist.
Sandy enjoyed the movie, as did Dave. It was nice to be able to break up the daily routine. Now with a new day it's back to the same old stuff. Dave is antsy as his coffee supply is just about gone and as usual he can't get parts to fix the vehicles brought to him.
The Greek PM resigned and George Papandreou formed a new government.
Victory Points Japanese 31641 Allied 29010
Intel
17560 men are based at Shikka.
1st Guards Mixed Brigade is located at Tokyo.
6th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Heiho.
117th IJA Base Force is located at Homan.
13th Army is located at Nanning.
28902 men are based at Tsitsihar.
13th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
211846 men are based at Masan.
Yokosuka 6th SNLF is located at Port Moresby.
2nd Engineer Regiment is planning for an attack on Chungking.
1st Mortar Battalion is located at Nanning.
2nd Area Army is located at Malang.
Recon
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs 9020/121/2
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mishan 6 LCUs 20100/256/164
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Hailar 7 LCUs 16300/200/6
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bangkok 1 LCU 1680/16/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bulla vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5960/20/240
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 36890/355/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 10 LCUs 15080/32/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 19040/79/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44460/113/157
Combat
The SS Bowfin, 23 miles E of Tacloban, attacked an AP being escorted by 4 PCs and hit it with a torpedo.
A naval bombardment of Iwo Jima inflicted heavy troop losses. Then as the smoke was clearing 73 X SBD (1 damaged), 27 X SB2C (1 damaged), 77 X TBF, 89 X TBM (1 damaged) and 5 X F6F roared in and caused light damage to the airfield and port, there were many secondary explosions and very light troop losses.
The SS Tinosa, 79 miles SE of Butuan, attacked a lone AK and hit it with a fish.
Tavoy was attacked by 116 X Liberator VI (3 damaged), 46 X B-25J (1 downed), 44 X B-24J (1 damaged) and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield was extremely heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and personnel casualties were moderate. The 49th Division was pounced on by 42 X Thunderbolt II and 12 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had moderate casualties.
Yap was raided by 24 X P-39D and 14 X F4U-1D who did light damage to the airstrip and caused a secondary explosion. 13 X SBD and 14 XF4U-1D attacked in the afternoon and did light damage to the airfield.
The 146th IJA Base Force, at Rahaeng, was attacked by 14 X Mosquito FB.VI. 1 planes was shot down and 2 others were damaged as the inflicted light losses.
It has been discovered that there are no mines at Yap so as soon as possible it will be grabbed.
The march on Tavoy is in full swing and a pitched battle for it is expected as there are lots of Japanese there.
Ed's Old Gals did a bang up job on Iwo and are now returning to base to replenish for another foray. Ed and his planners are working on the quickest possible turn around so his lumbering Gals can get back into the action. He looks at his charts and ponders Bonin as it's the next objective.
Stick now has 33 missions and a new plane as the old one has been shot up pretty badly by ground fire. “I swear that I never even knew I was hit,” he said. He takes a playful ribbing from the guys and counts himself as lucky to have been able to return safely. He loves the Corsair even more now that he knows it's a tough bird.
Gil is thinking more and more about his impending return to the AAC. He's keeping it to himself though. Elaine acts as though only the 2 of them exist.
Sandy enjoyed the movie, as did Dave. It was nice to be able to break up the daily routine. Now with a new day it's back to the same old stuff. Dave is antsy as his coffee supply is just about gone and as usual he can't get parts to fix the vehicles brought to him.
The Greek PM resigned and George Papandreou formed a new government.
Victory Points Japanese 31641 Allied 29010
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: What Could Be Worse
April 27, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
28th Army is planning for an attack on Pagan.
1853 men are based at Akita.
118919 men are based at Kwajalein.
Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori.
15th AA Regiment is located at Nagoya.
1st Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kyoto.
1854 men are based at Akita.
125th IJNAF Base Force is located at Laoag.
Shanghai SNLF is located at Kweilin.
13th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 2080/27/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Siemrem Reap vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5720/21/263
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 38860/337/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 11 LCUs 21100/58/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Merauke vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 18860/88/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 45100/127/162
Combat
A naval bombardment of Iwo Jima caused light damage to the airfield, a secondary explosion, destroyed 2 Jakes and inflicted very heavy casualties on the troops. 23 X SBD (1 damaged), 6 X TBF, 12 X TBM and 6 X F6F Hellcat then attacked and added light damage to the airfield.
The SS Balao, 79 miles SE of Davao, tried and failed to get an attack in on a heavily escorted AP. The sub continued trying to work herself into a position to launch an attack and in the evening just before launching her fish the Japanese zigged where they should've zagged. Balao went undetected once more.
Victoria Point was struck by 129 X B-29, of which 1 was damaged by flak. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions, 5 X Sonia and a Dinah were destroyed and troop losses were light.
Tavoy was bombed by 106 X Liberator VI (7 damaged), 48 X B-25J (1 damaged), 42 X B-24J (2 damaged), 15 X Corsair IV and 2 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield was very heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and personnel casualties were moderate. The IJA 30th Division was jumped by 44 X Thunderbolt II (4 damaged), 123 X P-38J (5 damaged) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. Troop losses were heavy. Another rain on the 30th Division was conducted by 53 X Thunderbolt II (2 destroyed, 2 damaged) and 11 X Spitfire VIII. Japanese casualties were light.
At Rahaeng the 145th IJA Base Force was attacked by 11 X Mosquito FB.VI (4 damaged). The unit suffered light losses.
The 5th New Chinese Corps had light losses at the hands of 10 X Helen.
Yap underwent an attack by 13 X SBD who inflicted light damage to the airfield.
Tomorrow at 0530 the invasion force will hit the beaches at Iwo Jima. Sam tends to his gear once again. The new guys are visibly scared and trying to cover it up while the vets silently are scared.
Bill marvels at all of the planes that pass overhead. The war seems to have been going on forever, but when he thinks about it the rapid expansion of the Navy is amazing.
Ed was pleased with the signal stating the results of today's bombardment. He's glad he divided the Old Gals into 2 TFs. 1 large TF would have been a logistical nightmare and it also would've presented tactical problems also.
Gil knows that his leave is ending and he has an argument with Elaine about his departure date. She wants him to stay until the last possible minute while he wants to have a cushion in his travel plans. “You don't understand that the Army doesn't have an interest in excuses and there is a deadline for my arrival.. Travel has become complicated and I don't want or need to get in trouble.” Her response is not the understanding one he hoped for and she ended her tirade with they were sending him to fight a war. “What could be worse?”
The PMs of Canada and New Zealand arrived in London for the Imperial Conference.
Operation Tiger, practice for the Normandy invasion, was detected by the Germans. 9 S boats attacked and 2 LSTs were sunk and another was damaged. 197 seamen and 441 soldiers were lost. *
Victory Points Japanese 31745 Allied 29043
* A friend of mine was on one of the LSTs lost during Operation Tiger. He was not on duty that night as he was sick. If he had been fit he would've been killed. He tried and failed to save the life of a friend. Not being able to talk about it for so many years left him burdened with his horrible anxiety. Due to the shortage of LSTs and crewmen there was no leave granted to the surviving sailors because of D-Day looming so soon. The History Channel interviewed him a year before his death.
Intel
28th Army is planning for an attack on Pagan.
1853 men are based at Akita.
118919 men are based at Kwajalein.
Tsugaru Fortress is located at Aomori.
15th AA Regiment is located at Nagoya.
1st Reserve AA Regiment is located at Kyoto.
1854 men are based at Akita.
125th IJNAF Base Force is located at Laoag.
Shanghai SNLF is located at Kweilin.
13th Army is planning for an attack on Chungking.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 2080/27/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Siemrem Reap vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AK, 4 LCUs 5720/21/263
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 38860/337/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 11 LCUs 21100/58/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Merauke vacant
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 18860/88/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 45100/127/162
Combat
A naval bombardment of Iwo Jima caused light damage to the airfield, a secondary explosion, destroyed 2 Jakes and inflicted very heavy casualties on the troops. 23 X SBD (1 damaged), 6 X TBF, 12 X TBM and 6 X F6F Hellcat then attacked and added light damage to the airfield.
The SS Balao, 79 miles SE of Davao, tried and failed to get an attack in on a heavily escorted AP. The sub continued trying to work herself into a position to launch an attack and in the evening just before launching her fish the Japanese zigged where they should've zagged. Balao went undetected once more.
Victoria Point was struck by 129 X B-29, of which 1 was damaged by flak. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions, 5 X Sonia and a Dinah were destroyed and troop losses were light.
Tavoy was bombed by 106 X Liberator VI (7 damaged), 48 X B-25J (1 damaged), 42 X B-24J (2 damaged), 15 X Corsair IV and 2 X Spitfire VIII. The airfield was very heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and personnel casualties were moderate. The IJA 30th Division was jumped by 44 X Thunderbolt II (4 damaged), 123 X P-38J (5 damaged) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. Troop losses were heavy. Another rain on the 30th Division was conducted by 53 X Thunderbolt II (2 destroyed, 2 damaged) and 11 X Spitfire VIII. Japanese casualties were light.
At Rahaeng the 145th IJA Base Force was attacked by 11 X Mosquito FB.VI (4 damaged). The unit suffered light losses.
The 5th New Chinese Corps had light losses at the hands of 10 X Helen.
Yap underwent an attack by 13 X SBD who inflicted light damage to the airfield.
Tomorrow at 0530 the invasion force will hit the beaches at Iwo Jima. Sam tends to his gear once again. The new guys are visibly scared and trying to cover it up while the vets silently are scared.
Bill marvels at all of the planes that pass overhead. The war seems to have been going on forever, but when he thinks about it the rapid expansion of the Navy is amazing.
Ed was pleased with the signal stating the results of today's bombardment. He's glad he divided the Old Gals into 2 TFs. 1 large TF would have been a logistical nightmare and it also would've presented tactical problems also.
Gil knows that his leave is ending and he has an argument with Elaine about his departure date. She wants him to stay until the last possible minute while he wants to have a cushion in his travel plans. “You don't understand that the Army doesn't have an interest in excuses and there is a deadline for my arrival.. Travel has become complicated and I don't want or need to get in trouble.” Her response is not the understanding one he hoped for and she ended her tirade with they were sending him to fight a war. “What could be worse?”
The PMs of Canada and New Zealand arrived in London for the Imperial Conference.
Operation Tiger, practice for the Normandy invasion, was detected by the Germans. 9 S boats attacked and 2 LSTs were sunk and another was damaged. 197 seamen and 441 soldiers were lost. *
Victory Points Japanese 31745 Allied 29043
* A friend of mine was on one of the LSTs lost during Operation Tiger. He was not on duty that night as he was sick. If he had been fit he would've been killed. He tried and failed to save the life of a friend. Not being able to talk about it for so many years left him burdened with his horrible anxiety. Due to the shortage of LSTs and crewmen there was no leave granted to the surviving sailors because of D-Day looming so soon. The History Channel interviewed him a year before his death.
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Landings At Iwo Jima
The game is now approximately 3 months ahead of the AAR as Steve and I got lots of 2 a days in lately. He's now off on a bicycle tour so the AAR will do some catching up.
April 28, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
6th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Heiho.
264865 men are based at Truk.
5907 men are based at Arshaan.
120 aircraft are based at Changchun.
9th Ind. Brigade is located at Changsha.
7th AF Construction Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
65th Division is located at Nanning.
72nd Division is located at Sendai.
11th Army is located at Nanning.
1st Air Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
4th Air Division is located at Koepang.
5844 men are based at Takamatsu.
2694 men are based at Taejon.
5904 men are based at Arshaan.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.
Recon
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mishan 7 LCUs 9620/118/139
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Chiamussu 5 LCUs 18620/146/66
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 23 fighters, 8 bombers, 27 aux, 4 LCUs 3460/7/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 3140/49/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 25 fighters, 37 aux, 1 LCU 6160/31/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 4 bombers, 4 aux, 4 LCUs 16440/124/0
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 37760/351/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 12 LCUs 23880/73/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 18680/88/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Merauke vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Gili Gili 11 LCUs 52700/404/10
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 4 LCUs 5540/23/250
Combat
A Judy attacked the SS Lionfish 21 miles E of Batan Island and the sub reported in as having been hit. With moderate damage to her systems and a serious flooding problem the sub is making for Ulithi.
The SS Trident, 19 miles NW of Malacca, was attacked by 4 DDs after hitting 1 of them with a torpedo.
A naval bombardment of Iwo Jima inflicted very heavy casualties on the defenders and the coastal guns hit the BBs West Virginia 3 times and Maryland once. Americans troops stormed ashore taking extremely heavy losses and the coastal guns hit 2 DDs a couple of times each, an APD once and 2 LSTs twice each. The O'Bannon was one of the DDs struck and Phil was unlucky enough to have taken a splinter in his arm. As the landings continued the casualties rose rapidly and an AP was hit as were 2 DDs, one of which was the O'Bannon getting hit 2 more times. Not to be deterred the Americans continued to come ashore despite the withering artillery, mortar and machine gun fire. The losses have been staggering, but the men continue to come. A couple more DDs were hit, one of which took 9 hits, an LST was struck, a DMS was clobbered and 2 LCIs were brutalized. 26 X SBD, 28 X SB2C, 85 X TBF, 87 X TBM (1 damaged), 25 X F4F-4, 45 X FM-2 and 92 X F6F Hellcat attacked, adding to the mayhem below. The airfield was lightly damaged as was the port, a few secondary explosions were claimed, a Jake was left burning and troop losses were very light. The Japanese threw an artillery barrage at the American troops, inflicting extremely light losses.
The SS Aspro, 21 miles E of Davao, attacked a lone AK and hit it with a torpedo, inflicting heavy damage and setting it ablaze.
Tavoy was attacked by 105 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 2 damaged), 46 X B-25J (1 damaged), 35 X B-24J, 47 X B-29 and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield was flattened, the port was heavily damaged, there were a great number of secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate. The IJA 30th Division was attacked by 40 X Thunderbolt II (4 damaged), 19 X P-38J (1 damaged) and 9 X Spitfire VIII. The Japanese had moderate losses. Not to far away, at almost the same time the IJA 49th Division was jumped by 39 X Thunderbolt II (3 damaged), 117 X P-38J (2 damaged) and 8 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had heavy casualties.
Kai Island's airfield was hammered for moderate damage, many secondary explosions and moderate casualties by 141 X B-25J (1 destroyed, 7 damaged), 24 X Kittyhawk III and 15 X P-40N.
Yap was targeted by 24 X P-39D who did very light damage to the airfield. 12 X SBD came on a short time later and contributed light damage to the airstrip.
Jaluit was paid a visit by 60 X B-25J and 44 X P-38J. The port was lightly damaged.
Port Moresby was bombed by 48 X B-17 E (4 damaged), 48 X B-24D (6 damaged) and 85 X B-24J (6 damaged). The airfield took extremely heavy damage, many secondary explosions were reported and the troops had very heavy casualties.
The 145th IJA Base Force, near Rahaeng, was struck by 9 X Mosquito FB.VI for moderate losses.
The 5th New Chinese Corps, stuck in place and starving was attacked by 7 Helens who inflicted light losses on the helpless Chinese.
Dili was hit by 30 X B-24J who did light damage to the port.
Kwajalein was raided by 33 X PB4Y (1 damaged) and they did light damage to the airfield and caused a couple of secondary explosions.
A Japanese AK 73 miles E of Ponage was attacked by 3 PB4Ys, 1 of which was damaged. The ship took a couple of bomb hits and was burning.
Sam is in a state of shock, but somehow still functioning. He is pushing his squad inland, knowing that the beach is a place for the dead and those soon to die. There is a rain of shells and bullets zipping through the air and he wonders how anyone can survive this. Eniwetok was a cakewalk and Saipan was tough, but this place is a meat grinder. Unlike Saipan there seems to be a lack of supplies ashore and Sam prays that this is taken care of quickly.
Phil refused to leave the bridge when he was wounded saying that, “I'll be damned if I'll leave my girl when she needs me the most.” Frank tried to convince him to leave, but failed and Phil sat in a sheltered corner of the damaged bridge with a pharmacist's mate caring for him. “Son can you please pull that piece of crap out of me?” The sailor mutters that he'll do his best and manages to remove it, at the same time increasing the flow of blood. The man tended to the wound and finally stopped the bleeding and suggested to his skipper that he needs to lie down and rest. “I'm fine and I'll continue to fight my ship from here, OK?” Frank again tries to talk some sense into Phil who will have none of it. As soon as he feels able Frank and a sailor help Phil to his feet and steady him. “I'm fine go back to your posts,” Phil says. No sooner do these words leave his lips than the ship was hit again. “Those bastards will pay for hurting my girl,” mutters Phil. With that he passes out and is carried to his cabin, where he can rest. Frank reports the ship's status to the TF commander as soon as all stations reported into him. O'Bannon will retire to the Marianas with other damaged vessels to be patched up. She has moderate damage to her systems so a trip to Pearl could be in the offing. It's a given that the O'Bannon and her skipper need time to lick their wounds.
The SS Cobia continues to struggle towards Saipan, but the flooding has worsened a bit and the skipper, the exec and chief of the boat meet quietly and whisper about their chances, which aren't looking to good now. “As long as we have the slightest chance we'll continue to fight the flooding. Have regular position and situation reports sent out so that if we do need to abandon then help won't be to far away,” says her skipper. The lookouts silently pray for a PBY or PBM to appear, but they're a bit far out yet.
Gil has decided to tempt fate by delaying his departure from Pittsburgh. He figures that nothing can be worse than an upset female. When given the news Elaine says, “Instead of putting me through this you could've done it this way from the beginning.” Gil thinks that he'll never understand her, but he can't help himself as he's in love.
The PMs of South Africa and Rhodesia arrived in London for the Imperial Conference.
Victory Points Japanese 31556 Allied 29061
April 28, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
6th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Heiho.
264865 men are based at Truk.
5907 men are based at Arshaan.
120 aircraft are based at Changchun.
9th Ind. Brigade is located at Changsha.
7th AF Construction Battalion is located at Soerabaja.
65th Division is located at Nanning.
72nd Division is located at Sendai.
11th Army is located at Nanning.
1st Air Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
4th Air Division is located at Koepang.
5844 men are based at Takamatsu.
2694 men are based at Taejon.
5904 men are based at Arshaan.
Radio transmissions detected at Prince Rupert.
Recon
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Heiho 9 LCUs
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mishan 7 LCUs 9620/118/139
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Chiamussu 5 LCUs 18620/146/66
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Mutanchiang 23 fighters, 8 bombers, 27 aux, 4 LCUs 3460/7/0
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Arshaan 2 LCUs 3140/49/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Saigon 25 fighters, 37 aux, 1 LCU 6160/31/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 4 bombers, 4 aux, 4 LCUs 16440/124/0
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 37760/351/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 12 LCUs 23880/73/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 6 LCUs 18680/88/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Merauke vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Gili Gili 11 LCUs 52700/404/10
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 4 LCUs 5540/23/250
Combat
A Judy attacked the SS Lionfish 21 miles E of Batan Island and the sub reported in as having been hit. With moderate damage to her systems and a serious flooding problem the sub is making for Ulithi.
The SS Trident, 19 miles NW of Malacca, was attacked by 4 DDs after hitting 1 of them with a torpedo.
A naval bombardment of Iwo Jima inflicted very heavy casualties on the defenders and the coastal guns hit the BBs West Virginia 3 times and Maryland once. Americans troops stormed ashore taking extremely heavy losses and the coastal guns hit 2 DDs a couple of times each, an APD once and 2 LSTs twice each. The O'Bannon was one of the DDs struck and Phil was unlucky enough to have taken a splinter in his arm. As the landings continued the casualties rose rapidly and an AP was hit as were 2 DDs, one of which was the O'Bannon getting hit 2 more times. Not to be deterred the Americans continued to come ashore despite the withering artillery, mortar and machine gun fire. The losses have been staggering, but the men continue to come. A couple more DDs were hit, one of which took 9 hits, an LST was struck, a DMS was clobbered and 2 LCIs were brutalized. 26 X SBD, 28 X SB2C, 85 X TBF, 87 X TBM (1 damaged), 25 X F4F-4, 45 X FM-2 and 92 X F6F Hellcat attacked, adding to the mayhem below. The airfield was lightly damaged as was the port, a few secondary explosions were claimed, a Jake was left burning and troop losses were very light. The Japanese threw an artillery barrage at the American troops, inflicting extremely light losses.
The SS Aspro, 21 miles E of Davao, attacked a lone AK and hit it with a torpedo, inflicting heavy damage and setting it ablaze.
Tavoy was attacked by 105 X Liberator VI (1 downed, 2 damaged), 46 X B-25J (1 damaged), 35 X B-24J, 47 X B-29 and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield was flattened, the port was heavily damaged, there were a great number of secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate. The IJA 30th Division was attacked by 40 X Thunderbolt II (4 damaged), 19 X P-38J (1 damaged) and 9 X Spitfire VIII. The Japanese had moderate losses. Not to far away, at almost the same time the IJA 49th Division was jumped by 39 X Thunderbolt II (3 damaged), 117 X P-38J (2 damaged) and 8 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had heavy casualties.
Kai Island's airfield was hammered for moderate damage, many secondary explosions and moderate casualties by 141 X B-25J (1 destroyed, 7 damaged), 24 X Kittyhawk III and 15 X P-40N.
Yap was targeted by 24 X P-39D who did very light damage to the airfield. 12 X SBD came on a short time later and contributed light damage to the airstrip.
Jaluit was paid a visit by 60 X B-25J and 44 X P-38J. The port was lightly damaged.
Port Moresby was bombed by 48 X B-17 E (4 damaged), 48 X B-24D (6 damaged) and 85 X B-24J (6 damaged). The airfield took extremely heavy damage, many secondary explosions were reported and the troops had very heavy casualties.
The 145th IJA Base Force, near Rahaeng, was struck by 9 X Mosquito FB.VI for moderate losses.
The 5th New Chinese Corps, stuck in place and starving was attacked by 7 Helens who inflicted light losses on the helpless Chinese.
Dili was hit by 30 X B-24J who did light damage to the port.
Kwajalein was raided by 33 X PB4Y (1 damaged) and they did light damage to the airfield and caused a couple of secondary explosions.
A Japanese AK 73 miles E of Ponage was attacked by 3 PB4Ys, 1 of which was damaged. The ship took a couple of bomb hits and was burning.
Sam is in a state of shock, but somehow still functioning. He is pushing his squad inland, knowing that the beach is a place for the dead and those soon to die. There is a rain of shells and bullets zipping through the air and he wonders how anyone can survive this. Eniwetok was a cakewalk and Saipan was tough, but this place is a meat grinder. Unlike Saipan there seems to be a lack of supplies ashore and Sam prays that this is taken care of quickly.
Phil refused to leave the bridge when he was wounded saying that, “I'll be damned if I'll leave my girl when she needs me the most.” Frank tried to convince him to leave, but failed and Phil sat in a sheltered corner of the damaged bridge with a pharmacist's mate caring for him. “Son can you please pull that piece of crap out of me?” The sailor mutters that he'll do his best and manages to remove it, at the same time increasing the flow of blood. The man tended to the wound and finally stopped the bleeding and suggested to his skipper that he needs to lie down and rest. “I'm fine and I'll continue to fight my ship from here, OK?” Frank again tries to talk some sense into Phil who will have none of it. As soon as he feels able Frank and a sailor help Phil to his feet and steady him. “I'm fine go back to your posts,” Phil says. No sooner do these words leave his lips than the ship was hit again. “Those bastards will pay for hurting my girl,” mutters Phil. With that he passes out and is carried to his cabin, where he can rest. Frank reports the ship's status to the TF commander as soon as all stations reported into him. O'Bannon will retire to the Marianas with other damaged vessels to be patched up. She has moderate damage to her systems so a trip to Pearl could be in the offing. It's a given that the O'Bannon and her skipper need time to lick their wounds.
The SS Cobia continues to struggle towards Saipan, but the flooding has worsened a bit and the skipper, the exec and chief of the boat meet quietly and whisper about their chances, which aren't looking to good now. “As long as we have the slightest chance we'll continue to fight the flooding. Have regular position and situation reports sent out so that if we do need to abandon then help won't be to far away,” says her skipper. The lookouts silently pray for a PBY or PBM to appear, but they're a bit far out yet.
Gil has decided to tempt fate by delaying his departure from Pittsburgh. He figures that nothing can be worse than an upset female. When given the news Elaine says, “Instead of putting me through this you could've done it this way from the beginning.” Gil thinks that he'll never understand her, but he can't help himself as he's in love.
The PMs of South Africa and Rhodesia arrived in London for the Imperial Conference.
Victory Points Japanese 31556 Allied 29061
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Silence Those Guns
April 29, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
13th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
53rd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
72nd Aviation Unit is located at Sapporo.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
Keelung Fortress is located at Taipei.
10th Division is located at Heiho.
42nd Division is located at Sendai.
133rd IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Amchitka Island.
18th Army is located at Buna.
3362 men are based at Hamamatsu.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
10th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Heiho.
China Expeditionary Army is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 1 X AP, 1 X AG, 2 LCUs 4580/18/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 37080/367/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 12 LCUs 24580/78/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 7 18900/91/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44980/121/161
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Thursday Island vacant
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Tabun-Nur 1 LCU 400/0/0
Combat
The troops continued landings taking heavy casualties while a couple of DDs took multiple hits and 2 LSTs were hit (1 many times). The IJA 48th Ind. Mixed Brigade was attacked by 28 B-24J, 1 of which was damaged by AA fire, and had light casualties. A strike of 57 X SBD, 24 X SB2C, 131 X TBF, 89 X TBM (1 damaged), 23 X F4F-4, 44 X FM-2 and 94 X F6F caused light damage to the airfield and port and caused some secondary explosions. A Japanese artillery bombardment of the Americans troops did nothing to add to the carnage.
The SS Wahoo, 147 miles SE of Raba, caught a lone AP in the predawn hours and she made a surface attack. The target was hit 4 times with the deck gun and 3 fish slammed into it. Wahoo vacated the area while the AP settled into the waters, extinguishing the fires.
The SS Rock, 13 miles S of Malacca, attacked a DD and hit it with a torpedo causing fires and heavy damage.
The SS Bowfin, 138 miles SE of Butuan, was attacked by 3 PGs who gave the sub a rough time.
Tavoy was bombed by 102 X Liberator VI (3 damaged), 29 X B-24J (1 damaged), 45 X B-29 (1 damaged) and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate.
Yap was raided by 24 X P-39D and 4 X F4U-1D who inflicted very light damage on the airfield. Later 12 X SBD did light damage to the airfield.
The IJA 30th Division was attacked by 46 X Thunderbolt II (2 damaged), 22 X P-38J Lightning (1 downed, 2 damaged), 25 X B-25J (1 destroyed) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had moderately heavy losses.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was attacked by 10 Helens and nobody was harmed.
The SS Aspro, 77 miles E of Davao, attacked a lone AK, hitting it 5 times with the deck gun and a torpedo. The sub left the ship heavily damaged and burning.
Sam's head is ringing from the constant explosions going on around him. He knows that this is hell on earth and that nobody will survive. The LT dives into his hole and tells Sam to see to his front, the ammo and food supplies. Sam says, “What we need the most is for the Navy to silence those guns and some water.” The LT hands him a canteen that actually has some water in it. “Thanks,” says Sam and he hands it back after taking a sip. The 25th Division has taken heavy losses and Sam's squad has suffered 3 men wounded. The LT leaves after telling Sam that they'll take the island in a few days. Sam laughs and nods, thinking that he can only pray for that to happen.
Gil bought his train ticket today and Elaine stayed home because she said, “It upsets me to much to know that you'll be leaving soon.”
PM Curtin of Australia arrived in London for the Imperial Conference.
Victory Points Japanese 31678 Allied 29075
Intel
13th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is planning for an attack on Chungking.
53rd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
72nd Aviation Unit is located at Sapporo.
16th Army is located at Rabaul.
50th Construction Battalion is located at Kyoto.
Keelung Fortress is located at Taipei.
10th Division is located at Heiho.
42nd Division is located at Sendai.
133rd IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Amchitka Island.
18th Army is located at Buna.
3362 men are based at Hamamatsu.
2nd Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Tsitsihar.
10th Hvy Gun Regiment is located at Heiho.
China Expeditionary Army is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Camranh Bay 1 X AP, 1 X AG, 2 LCUs 4580/18/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Bandou vacant
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 37080/367/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 12 LCUs 24580/78/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 7 18900/91/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44980/121/161
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Thursday Island vacant
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Tabun-Nur 1 LCU 400/0/0
Combat
The troops continued landings taking heavy casualties while a couple of DDs took multiple hits and 2 LSTs were hit (1 many times). The IJA 48th Ind. Mixed Brigade was attacked by 28 B-24J, 1 of which was damaged by AA fire, and had light casualties. A strike of 57 X SBD, 24 X SB2C, 131 X TBF, 89 X TBM (1 damaged), 23 X F4F-4, 44 X FM-2 and 94 X F6F caused light damage to the airfield and port and caused some secondary explosions. A Japanese artillery bombardment of the Americans troops did nothing to add to the carnage.
The SS Wahoo, 147 miles SE of Raba, caught a lone AP in the predawn hours and she made a surface attack. The target was hit 4 times with the deck gun and 3 fish slammed into it. Wahoo vacated the area while the AP settled into the waters, extinguishing the fires.
The SS Rock, 13 miles S of Malacca, attacked a DD and hit it with a torpedo causing fires and heavy damage.
The SS Bowfin, 138 miles SE of Butuan, was attacked by 3 PGs who gave the sub a rough time.
Tavoy was bombed by 102 X Liberator VI (3 damaged), 29 X B-24J (1 damaged), 45 X B-29 (1 damaged) and 13 X Corsair IV. The airfield was heavily damaged, there were many secondary explosions and troop losses were moderate.
Yap was raided by 24 X P-39D and 4 X F4U-1D who inflicted very light damage on the airfield. Later 12 X SBD did light damage to the airfield.
The IJA 30th Division was attacked by 46 X Thunderbolt II (2 damaged), 22 X P-38J Lightning (1 downed, 2 damaged), 25 X B-25J (1 destroyed) and 10 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had moderately heavy losses.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was attacked by 10 Helens and nobody was harmed.
The SS Aspro, 77 miles E of Davao, attacked a lone AK, hitting it 5 times with the deck gun and a torpedo. The sub left the ship heavily damaged and burning.
Sam's head is ringing from the constant explosions going on around him. He knows that this is hell on earth and that nobody will survive. The LT dives into his hole and tells Sam to see to his front, the ammo and food supplies. Sam says, “What we need the most is for the Navy to silence those guns and some water.” The LT hands him a canteen that actually has some water in it. “Thanks,” says Sam and he hands it back after taking a sip. The 25th Division has taken heavy losses and Sam's squad has suffered 3 men wounded. The LT leaves after telling Sam that they'll take the island in a few days. Sam laughs and nods, thinking that he can only pray for that to happen.
Gil bought his train ticket today and Elaine stayed home because she said, “It upsets me to much to know that you'll be leaving soon.”
PM Curtin of Australia arrived in London for the Imperial Conference.
Victory Points Japanese 31678 Allied 29075
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Assault at 0600 Tomorrow
April 30, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
25th Army is located at Legaspi.
14th Ind. Brigade is located at Wuhan.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Changsha.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
Yura Fortress is located at Takamatsu.
Tokyo Bay Fortress is located at Tokyo.
4th Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
6th Army is located at Hailar.
Nanking Naval Guard Unit is located at Nanking.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Shikka 2 LCUs 8060/59/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Pisanuloke vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 27740/155/0
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 37800/328/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 16 bombers, 26 aux, 12 LCUs 24860/70/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 7 LCUs 19020/85/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AP, 1 X CA, 4 LCUs 5280/20/177
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 43200/120/170
Combat
At Iwo Jima the American troops continue to come ashore, taking heavy losses. An LST was hit many times. 58 X SBD, 24 X SB2C, 131 X TBF (1 damaged), 87 X TBM, 26 X F4F-4, 45 X FM-2 and 88 X F6F attacked the defenders and hit the airfield for light damage, the port moderate damage and some secondary explosions were claimed. Continued bombardments by Japanese artillery had no effect on the Allied troops other than rattled nerves.
The SS Capelin, 23 miles SW of Vigan, tracked 2 AKs and a PG a made her attack, hitting an AK with a torpedo, causing fires.
Rahaeng had it's airfield lightly damaged by 29 X B-29.
Lautem was attacked by 136 X B-25J (16 damaged), 27 X Kittyhawk III, 18 X P-40N and 71 X P-38J. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were many secondary explosions, 2 Dinahs were destroyed and the troops had heavy casualties. Then 130 X B-24D (11 damaged) struck and added heavy damage to the airstrip, caused many more secondary explosions and heavy personnel losses.
Yap had light damage done to it's airfield by 24 X P-39D and 13 X P-47D. Later 12 SBDs and 11 Jugs added light damage to the airfield.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force had no losses by the 8 marauding Helens.
The Allied TF about 201 miles SW of Kwajalein was attacked by 2 X Judy and 30 X Betty (1 destroyed, 21 damaged) and no ships were damaged. The 7 APDs are on their way to Guam from Luganville and this transit route was chosen to test the Japanese defenses in the area. Another attack came in in the late afternoon made up of 2 Judys and 18 Bettys. A Betty was splashed and 11 more were damaged as they pressed home their attacks. 3 APDs were each hit by a torpedo. The assessment of Japanese assets on Kwajalein was found lacking and somebody's head will roll. The Crosby has heavy systems damage, bad flooding and moderate fires. The Humphrey is in the same state as the Crosby while the Sands has less damage to her systems, less severe flooding and fires. She can probably make it to Guam, if not attacked again. The APDs were 1 day short of attaining the umbrella the P-47s based on Eniwetok could afford them.
Dili was paid a visit by 31 X B-24J (1 damaged) who moderately damaged the port and caused very few casualties.
Kwajalein was struck by 8 X PB4y (2 damaged) and the airfield was lightly damaged and a Betty was destroyed.
The SS Truculent, 9 miles SE of Kuala, spotted what she thought was the BB Nagato being escorted by 2 DDs. She managed to make an attack and hit the Nagato with a torpedo. And then gilded away.
The word has been passed that an all out assault will be made at 0600 hours tomorrow and Sam's fear is increased. He manages to push it aside as he goes over things with the squad as he crawls from hole to hole. The Japanese are notorious for trying to slip into the lines and kill as many men as possible. These infiltrators do little actual damage, but make getting any sleep very difficult. Hell, he thinks, they could mount one of those Banzai charges at any time. Who could sleep in a place like this anyway?
Phil is running a fever and his wound is looking pretty nasty. The pharmacist mate gives him penicillin and tells him that he must rest. “Are you ordering your captain?” Phil asks and the sailor sheepishly says yes. Phil is weak and in no condition to argue. Frank is busily seeing to the ship's survival and in a stolen moment stops by to see Phil. He tells him that O'Bannon, though heavily damaged, will survive to fight again and the the casualties weren't as bad as it could've been.
Victory Points Japanese 31709 Allied 29092
Intel
25th Army is located at Legaspi.
14th Ind. Brigade is located at Wuhan.
22nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Changsha.
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro Jima.
Ryojun Fortress is located at Port Arthur.
Yura Fortress is located at Takamatsu.
Tokyo Bay Fortress is located at Tokyo.
4th Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
6th Army is located at Hailar.
Nanking Naval Guard Unit is located at Nanking.
Recon
Pe-2R takes recon photos of Shikka 2 LCUs 8060/59/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Krung Thep vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Pisanuloke vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Kai Island 6 LCUs 27740/155/0
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 37800/328/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 16 bombers, 26 aux, 12 LCUs 24860/70/0
PBM Mariner takes recon photos of Palau 7 LCUs 19020/85/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 1 X AP, 1 X CA, 4 LCUs 5280/20/177
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 43200/120/170
Combat
At Iwo Jima the American troops continue to come ashore, taking heavy losses. An LST was hit many times. 58 X SBD, 24 X SB2C, 131 X TBF (1 damaged), 87 X TBM, 26 X F4F-4, 45 X FM-2 and 88 X F6F attacked the defenders and hit the airfield for light damage, the port moderate damage and some secondary explosions were claimed. Continued bombardments by Japanese artillery had no effect on the Allied troops other than rattled nerves.
The SS Capelin, 23 miles SW of Vigan, tracked 2 AKs and a PG a made her attack, hitting an AK with a torpedo, causing fires.
Rahaeng had it's airfield lightly damaged by 29 X B-29.
Lautem was attacked by 136 X B-25J (16 damaged), 27 X Kittyhawk III, 18 X P-40N and 71 X P-38J. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were many secondary explosions, 2 Dinahs were destroyed and the troops had heavy casualties. Then 130 X B-24D (11 damaged) struck and added heavy damage to the airstrip, caused many more secondary explosions and heavy personnel losses.
Yap had light damage done to it's airfield by 24 X P-39D and 13 X P-47D. Later 12 SBDs and 11 Jugs added light damage to the airfield.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force had no losses by the 8 marauding Helens.
The Allied TF about 201 miles SW of Kwajalein was attacked by 2 X Judy and 30 X Betty (1 destroyed, 21 damaged) and no ships were damaged. The 7 APDs are on their way to Guam from Luganville and this transit route was chosen to test the Japanese defenses in the area. Another attack came in in the late afternoon made up of 2 Judys and 18 Bettys. A Betty was splashed and 11 more were damaged as they pressed home their attacks. 3 APDs were each hit by a torpedo. The assessment of Japanese assets on Kwajalein was found lacking and somebody's head will roll. The Crosby has heavy systems damage, bad flooding and moderate fires. The Humphrey is in the same state as the Crosby while the Sands has less damage to her systems, less severe flooding and fires. She can probably make it to Guam, if not attacked again. The APDs were 1 day short of attaining the umbrella the P-47s based on Eniwetok could afford them.
Dili was paid a visit by 31 X B-24J (1 damaged) who moderately damaged the port and caused very few casualties.
Kwajalein was struck by 8 X PB4y (2 damaged) and the airfield was lightly damaged and a Betty was destroyed.
The SS Truculent, 9 miles SE of Kuala, spotted what she thought was the BB Nagato being escorted by 2 DDs. She managed to make an attack and hit the Nagato with a torpedo. And then gilded away.
The word has been passed that an all out assault will be made at 0600 hours tomorrow and Sam's fear is increased. He manages to push it aside as he goes over things with the squad as he crawls from hole to hole. The Japanese are notorious for trying to slip into the lines and kill as many men as possible. These infiltrators do little actual damage, but make getting any sleep very difficult. Hell, he thinks, they could mount one of those Banzai charges at any time. Who could sleep in a place like this anyway?
Phil is running a fever and his wound is looking pretty nasty. The pharmacist mate gives him penicillin and tells him that he must rest. “Are you ordering your captain?” Phil asks and the sailor sheepishly says yes. Phil is weak and in no condition to argue. Frank is busily seeing to the ship's survival and in a stolen moment stops by to see Phil. He tells him that O'Bannon, though heavily damaged, will survive to fight again and the the casualties weren't as bad as it could've been.
Victory Points Japanese 31709 Allied 29092
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Assault at 0600 Tomorrow
May 1, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
1831 men are based at Gumma.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
61st Naval Guard Unit is located at Gili Gili.
22427 men are based at Okayama.
6184 men are based at Taipei.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
13th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
37th Division is planning for an attack on Broome.
2nd Area Army is located at Malang.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.
24th AA Regiment is located at Nagasaki.
110th Division is located at Ichang.
5912 men are based at Niigata.
11072 men are based at Krung Thep.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Phnom Phen vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Ubon vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 3 X AP, 4 LCUs 5140/22/179
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 35700/248/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 42 bombers, 45 aux, 12 LCUs 35460/170/2
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bulla vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44740/117/154
Combat
Allied troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima sustained very light casualties. A naval bombardment inflicted heavy casualties on the island's defenders and the DD Capps was hit once by the coastal guns. An attack was made by 56 X SBD, 23 X SB2C, 131 X TBF, 85 X TBM, 26 X F4F-4, 44 X FM-2 and 96 X F6F which caused light damage to the airfield, moderate damage to the port, triggered many secondary explosions and inflicted almost no troop losses. Japanese artillery continued to strike at the Allied forces, but had no effect. The Allied troops attacked and overwhelmed the Japanese defenses, inflicting extremely heavy casualties on the Japanese while sustaining very heavy losses themselves.
The SS Sea Rover, 17 miles NE of Medan, was attacked by 4 PGs and 2 PCs, but she managed to make her escape unharmed.
Rahaeng was raided by 41 X B-29 and had it's airfield lightly damaged, while it suffered many secondary explosions and light troop losses. The IJA 34th Ind. Mixed Brigade was attacked in the afternoon by 14 X Mosquito FB.VI, 2 damaged, and the unit had very light losses.
Kwajalein was hit by 16 X SB2C (6 damaged) and 5 X P-47D who lightly damaged the airfield, destroyed 2 Bettys and inflicted negligible casualties on the ground personnel. Then 15 X PB4Y, 1 of which was damaged, added light damage to the airstrip, a few secondary explosions were seen and a Betty was destroyed.
The 5th New Chinese Corps was hit by 7 X Betty and nobody had any losses.
The APD Humphreys, 193 miles NE of Ponape, was attacked by 9 Bettys and the ship was hammered by 2 torpedo hits. With her back broken the men abandon ship and await rescue.
Marcus Island was struck by 58 X SB2C (2 damaged), 36 X TBM (1 downed, 7 damaged) and 15 X F6F. The airfield and port were both lightly damaged, 2 Bettys and a Frances were destroyed and personnel losses were light.
Yap was visited by 12 X SBD, 9 X P-47D and 11 X F4U-1D. They caused light damage to the airfield and retired without loss.
Allied artillery unleashed it's fury on the defenders in the Tavoy area and caused heavy casualties.
The APD Crosby is losing her fight for life and the men hope that help is on the way.
The APD Sands' condition continues to worsen, though great progress has been made fighting the fires. The flooding has worsened and the radar has quit.
Sam is shocked that they managed to take the airfield on the first day of combat, but his squad lost a man and had 2 others wounded. The platoon's CO told him he did well today under difficult circumstances. The men now rest before resuming the attacks on the battered, but unbeaten Japanese. There's not much left of Sam's squad and he's glad to see a wounded man return to them today. “They patched me up at the aid station and sent me on back to a field hospital. The doc said that I'd be fine in a week or so and I left after hearing that. I don't want to be sent to no strange unit as a replacement. This is my home in the Army.” The guys are happy to have him back and Sam wonders why the Army has such a stupid policy about sending recovered wounded men to other units as replacements instead of back to their old outfits. Who can ever figure out the Army, he wonders. He then sends one of the guys to find some water and food while another shows up with ammunition.
Phil continues to have a fever, though the medicine is starting to knock it down a bit. The crew is constantly asking about him whenever they get a chance as they feel lucky to have had 2 skippers who have saved their bacon. Depending on your point of view the O'Bannon is a cursed ship or a charmed one. She's seen her share of action and twice suffered heavily. Once she survived to fight again and now the crew is determined to see that she does so this time too.
Dave says that they need to go into town today and Sandy laughs saying, “I know we need to buy coffee. I'll be ready to leave as soon as I finish cleaning up after breakfast. OK?” Dave smiles and nods.
Gene listens to one of the men talking about how today is considered Labor Day and it celebrates an event that happened in the United States. “The funny thing is here it's in September,” he says. Gene wonders why that is as he packs up the remnants of his lunch and prepares to return to work. He's being taught by his uncle the art of welding and soon will apply for a welder's position. This will mean that he'll make even more money, if he's taken on in that capacity.
The Imperial Conference opened in London.
Tito and his 60,000 strong army are now the recognized force in Yugoslavia.
Victory Points Japanese 31631 Allied 29443
Intel
1831 men are based at Gumma.
6th Reserve Tank Regiment is located at Osaka/Kobe.
61st Naval Guard Unit is located at Gili Gili.
22427 men are based at Okayama.
6184 men are based at Taipei.
2nd AA Regiment is located at Tokyo.
Yongfung Bay Fortress is located at Wonsan.
13th Division is planning for an attack on Chungking.
37th Division is planning for an attack on Broome.
2nd Area Army is located at Malang.
Karafuto Mixed Brigade is located at Shikka.
24th AA Regiment is located at Nagasaki.
110th Division is located at Ichang.
5912 men are based at Niigata.
11072 men are based at Krung Thep.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Phnom Phen vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Ubon vacant
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 3 X AP, 4 LCUs 5140/22/179
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Iwo Jima 4 LCUs 35700/248/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 42 bombers, 45 aux, 12 LCUs 35460/170/2
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bulla vacant
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 18 LCUs 44740/117/154
Combat
Allied troops unloading over beach at Iwo Jima sustained very light casualties. A naval bombardment inflicted heavy casualties on the island's defenders and the DD Capps was hit once by the coastal guns. An attack was made by 56 X SBD, 23 X SB2C, 131 X TBF, 85 X TBM, 26 X F4F-4, 44 X FM-2 and 96 X F6F which caused light damage to the airfield, moderate damage to the port, triggered many secondary explosions and inflicted almost no troop losses. Japanese artillery continued to strike at the Allied forces, but had no effect. The Allied troops attacked and overwhelmed the Japanese defenses, inflicting extremely heavy casualties on the Japanese while sustaining very heavy losses themselves.
The SS Sea Rover, 17 miles NE of Medan, was attacked by 4 PGs and 2 PCs, but she managed to make her escape unharmed.
Rahaeng was raided by 41 X B-29 and had it's airfield lightly damaged, while it suffered many secondary explosions and light troop losses. The IJA 34th Ind. Mixed Brigade was attacked in the afternoon by 14 X Mosquito FB.VI, 2 damaged, and the unit had very light losses.
Kwajalein was hit by 16 X SB2C (6 damaged) and 5 X P-47D who lightly damaged the airfield, destroyed 2 Bettys and inflicted negligible casualties on the ground personnel. Then 15 X PB4Y, 1 of which was damaged, added light damage to the airstrip, a few secondary explosions were seen and a Betty was destroyed.
The 5th New Chinese Corps was hit by 7 X Betty and nobody had any losses.
The APD Humphreys, 193 miles NE of Ponape, was attacked by 9 Bettys and the ship was hammered by 2 torpedo hits. With her back broken the men abandon ship and await rescue.
Marcus Island was struck by 58 X SB2C (2 damaged), 36 X TBM (1 downed, 7 damaged) and 15 X F6F. The airfield and port were both lightly damaged, 2 Bettys and a Frances were destroyed and personnel losses were light.
Yap was visited by 12 X SBD, 9 X P-47D and 11 X F4U-1D. They caused light damage to the airfield and retired without loss.
Allied artillery unleashed it's fury on the defenders in the Tavoy area and caused heavy casualties.
The APD Crosby is losing her fight for life and the men hope that help is on the way.
The APD Sands' condition continues to worsen, though great progress has been made fighting the fires. The flooding has worsened and the radar has quit.
Sam is shocked that they managed to take the airfield on the first day of combat, but his squad lost a man and had 2 others wounded. The platoon's CO told him he did well today under difficult circumstances. The men now rest before resuming the attacks on the battered, but unbeaten Japanese. There's not much left of Sam's squad and he's glad to see a wounded man return to them today. “They patched me up at the aid station and sent me on back to a field hospital. The doc said that I'd be fine in a week or so and I left after hearing that. I don't want to be sent to no strange unit as a replacement. This is my home in the Army.” The guys are happy to have him back and Sam wonders why the Army has such a stupid policy about sending recovered wounded men to other units as replacements instead of back to their old outfits. Who can ever figure out the Army, he wonders. He then sends one of the guys to find some water and food while another shows up with ammunition.
Phil continues to have a fever, though the medicine is starting to knock it down a bit. The crew is constantly asking about him whenever they get a chance as they feel lucky to have had 2 skippers who have saved their bacon. Depending on your point of view the O'Bannon is a cursed ship or a charmed one. She's seen her share of action and twice suffered heavily. Once she survived to fight again and now the crew is determined to see that she does so this time too.
Dave says that they need to go into town today and Sandy laughs saying, “I know we need to buy coffee. I'll be ready to leave as soon as I finish cleaning up after breakfast. OK?” Dave smiles and nods.
Gene listens to one of the men talking about how today is considered Labor Day and it celebrates an event that happened in the United States. “The funny thing is here it's in September,” he says. Gene wonders why that is as he packs up the remnants of his lunch and prepares to return to work. He's being taught by his uncle the art of welding and soon will apply for a welder's position. This will mean that he'll make even more money, if he's taken on in that capacity.
The Imperial Conference opened in London.
Tito and his 60,000 strong army are now the recognized force in Yugoslavia.
Victory Points Japanese 31631 Allied 29443
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2080768
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2080768
RE: Assault at 0600 Tomorrow
May 2, 1944 Iwo Jima
Intel
2487 men are based at Ikitsuki.
290721 men are based at Osaka/Kobe.
1640 men are based at Tainan.
10th Division is located at Heiho.
28th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kai Island.
21st Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
6th Construction Battalion is located at Heiho.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
7th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Hailar.
9th Ind. Mixed Regiment is located at Paramushiro Jima.
North China Area Army is located at Nanning.
Recon
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mishan 6 LCUs 13680/168/208
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 10 bombers, 2 aux, 4 LCUs 16800/107/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Khota Bharu vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Koepang 1 X SS, 9 LCUs 28280/68/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 4 X AP, 5 LCUs 5480/19/191
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Bonin 4 LCUs 14260/71/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 34 bombers, 44 aux, 12 LCUs 34440/195/2
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 17 LCUs 39940/103/176
Combat
The SS Sea Rover, 11 miles W of Georgetown, was roughly handled by 3 DDs.
The SS Capelin, 19 miles NW of Vigan, located, tracked and attacked a TK, PC and MSW. She easily eluded detection and struck the tanker with a torpedo that ignited fires.
Rahaeng was raided by 42 X B-29 (1 damaged) and the airfield was lightly damaged and there were a couple of secondary explosions. 14 X Mosquito FB.VI then struck causing light troop losses.
Bonin's morning was disrupted by the arrival of 40 X B-24J. 1 Liberator was splashed and 10 others suffered damage. They did light damage to the airfield and caused a pair of secondary explosions. Later a strike of 56 X SBD (2 damaged), 23 X SB2C (1 damaged), 123 X TBF, 89 X TBM (1 downed, 2 damaged) and 12 X F6F caused light damage to the airfield, heavy damage to the port, observed many secondary explosions and inflicted light casualties on the personnel.
Yap was jumped by 24 X P-39D and 12 X P-47D who did very light damage to the airfield. 13 X SBD and 11 X P-47D did light damage to the airfield in the afternoon.
Kwajalein was raided by 11 X SB2C (1 destroyed, 4 damaged) and 4 X P-47D. They did light damage to the airfield and inflicted light casualties on the personnel. Then 27 X PB4Y arrived and they did light damage to the airstrip, caused a secondary explosion, destroyed and Emily and inflicted light troop losses. 9 X PB4Y, 1 of which was damaged by flak, then added light damage to the airfield and destroyed a Betty.
Lae was hit by 92 X B-24J and a CAP of a Jack and 4 X Tony attacked them. The Jack was damaged, a Tony went down (2 damaged) and 3 Liberators were shot down (8 damaged). The airfield was lightly damaged.
The 5th New Chinese Corps had light losses due to 10 X Helen attacking the unit.
At Tavoy both sides traded artillery bombardments that inflicted moderate losses on them both.
At Iwo Jima Japanese artillery caused light casualties. Then the Americans attacked in an effort to secure the island and the Japanese suffered extremely heavy losses and the Allied forces had very heavy casualties. The island has been declared as taken, but those on the ground know that it's not secured.
Much to Sam's relief the 25th Division has been placed in reserve. They have suffered heavily in the combat on Iwo and the men will now actually have a hot meal and if they're really lucky a shower might be in their future. Sam knows that being in reserve now doesn't mean that they won't be called on again later. The big question in his mind is when is later?
Phil's fever has broken and he's starting to regain some strength, but his right arm just doesn't feel the same. “It's kind of numb,” he tells Frank. Frank nods and tells Phil that he just needs to rest and soon enough he'll be fit for duty. “Tell me about the O'Bannon,” says Phil. “Will she fight again?” Frank tells him of the damage and the casualties. He finishes with saying that it looks like the ship will have some extensive yard work ahead of her and that means liberty for one and all.
Gil is getting antsy about leaving in a few days and though he tries to conceal it Elaine picks up on it. She isn't happy about his impending departure and continues to let him know how she feels about it. “When I do go will you wait for me to get back?” Gil asks. She reflects for a bit and then says that she will wait.
Victory Points Japanese 31642 Allied 29463
Intel
2487 men are based at Ikitsuki.
290721 men are based at Osaka/Kobe.
1640 men are based at Tainan.
10th Division is located at Heiho.
28th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Kai Island.
21st Mortar Battalion is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
5th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
31st Heavy AA Battalion is located at Aomori.
6th Construction Battalion is located at Heiho.
Yokosuka Reserve Coastal Artillery Regiment is located at Tokyo.
7th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Hailar.
9th Ind. Mixed Regiment is located at Paramushiro Jima.
North China Area Army is located at Nanning.
Recon
Pe-2 takes recon photos of Mishan 6 LCUs 13680/168/208
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Victoria Point 10 bombers, 2 aux, 4 LCUs 16800/107/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Khota Bharu vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Koepang 1 X SS, 9 LCUs 28280/68/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 4 X AP, 5 LCUs 5480/19/191
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Bonin 4 LCUs 14260/71/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 34 bombers, 44 aux, 12 LCUs 34440/195/2
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 17 LCUs 39940/103/176
Combat
The SS Sea Rover, 11 miles W of Georgetown, was roughly handled by 3 DDs.
The SS Capelin, 19 miles NW of Vigan, located, tracked and attacked a TK, PC and MSW. She easily eluded detection and struck the tanker with a torpedo that ignited fires.
Rahaeng was raided by 42 X B-29 (1 damaged) and the airfield was lightly damaged and there were a couple of secondary explosions. 14 X Mosquito FB.VI then struck causing light troop losses.
Bonin's morning was disrupted by the arrival of 40 X B-24J. 1 Liberator was splashed and 10 others suffered damage. They did light damage to the airfield and caused a pair of secondary explosions. Later a strike of 56 X SBD (2 damaged), 23 X SB2C (1 damaged), 123 X TBF, 89 X TBM (1 downed, 2 damaged) and 12 X F6F caused light damage to the airfield, heavy damage to the port, observed many secondary explosions and inflicted light casualties on the personnel.
Yap was jumped by 24 X P-39D and 12 X P-47D who did very light damage to the airfield. 13 X SBD and 11 X P-47D did light damage to the airfield in the afternoon.
Kwajalein was raided by 11 X SB2C (1 destroyed, 4 damaged) and 4 X P-47D. They did light damage to the airfield and inflicted light casualties on the personnel. Then 27 X PB4Y arrived and they did light damage to the airstrip, caused a secondary explosion, destroyed and Emily and inflicted light troop losses. 9 X PB4Y, 1 of which was damaged by flak, then added light damage to the airfield and destroyed a Betty.
Lae was hit by 92 X B-24J and a CAP of a Jack and 4 X Tony attacked them. The Jack was damaged, a Tony went down (2 damaged) and 3 Liberators were shot down (8 damaged). The airfield was lightly damaged.
The 5th New Chinese Corps had light losses due to 10 X Helen attacking the unit.
At Tavoy both sides traded artillery bombardments that inflicted moderate losses on them both.
At Iwo Jima Japanese artillery caused light casualties. Then the Americans attacked in an effort to secure the island and the Japanese suffered extremely heavy losses and the Allied forces had very heavy casualties. The island has been declared as taken, but those on the ground know that it's not secured.
Much to Sam's relief the 25th Division has been placed in reserve. They have suffered heavily in the combat on Iwo and the men will now actually have a hot meal and if they're really lucky a shower might be in their future. Sam knows that being in reserve now doesn't mean that they won't be called on again later. The big question in his mind is when is later?
Phil's fever has broken and he's starting to regain some strength, but his right arm just doesn't feel the same. “It's kind of numb,” he tells Frank. Frank nods and tells Phil that he just needs to rest and soon enough he'll be fit for duty. “Tell me about the O'Bannon,” says Phil. “Will she fight again?” Frank tells him of the damage and the casualties. He finishes with saying that it looks like the ship will have some extensive yard work ahead of her and that means liberty for one and all.
Gil is getting antsy about leaving in a few days and though he tries to conceal it Elaine picks up on it. She isn't happy about his impending departure and continues to let him know how she feels about it. “When I do go will you wait for me to get back?” Gil asks. She reflects for a bit and then says that she will wait.
Victory Points Japanese 31642 Allied 29463
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Hey Lobster!
May 3, 1944 Bonin Island
Intel
9th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
72nd Division is located at Sendai.
155th IJA Base Force is located at Buin.
Kaosing Fortress is located at Takao.
48th Road Construction Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
Kure 6th SNLF is located at Jaluit.
4330 men are based at Pusan.
93871 men are based at Camranh Bay.
36th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Georgetown.
132nd IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Atka Island.
31st AA Regiment is located at Sapporo.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bangkok 44 fighters, 46 aux, 5 LCUs 1680/18/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Koepang 1 X SS, 1 X AK, 8 LCUs 28300/60/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 3 X AP, 5 LCUs 9400/78/223
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Bonin 4 LCUs 14020/72/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Palau 7 LCUs 22440/103/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 30 bombers, 46 aux, 12 LCUs 27120/69/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 17 LCUs 40580/110/158
Combat
2 IJN MSWs encountered a mine field at Morotai and commenced to sweep it.
The SS Jack, at 41,51, was futilely attacked by 5 MSWs.
The SS Tullibee stumbled unto a lone AK and proceeded to strike it with 2 fish. The transmission was gargled and a location could not be obtained.
Dili was bombed by 141 X B-24D and the AA fire managed to damage 6 of them. The port was moderately damaged and there were a great many secondary explosions reported.
Yap had it's airstrip very lightly damaged by 23 X P-39D and 11 X P-47D. Later in the day 13 SBDs and 11 Thunderbolts appeared and did light damage to the airfield.
Kwajalein was attacked by 8 X SB2C (7 damaged by flak) and 4 X P-47D. The airfield was very lightly damaged and a Judy was destroyed. 6 PB4Ys attacked and lightly damaged the airfield in the afternoon.
The IJA 49th Division, defending Tavoy, was attacked by 42 X Thunderbolt II (1 downed, 5 damaged), 136 X P-38J (1 destroyed, 3 damaged) and 8 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had heavy losses. Japanese artillery made lots of noise, but did no damage. The Allied guns inflicted moderate losses on the Japanese.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was attacked by 7 X Helen and the few men left there silently smoked and watch the Japanese accomplish nothing for their efforts.
Bonin was raided by 58 X SBD (2 damaged), 24 X SB2C, 132 X TBF (1 splashed, 4 damaged), 90 X TBM (1 destroyed, 2 damaged) and 12 X F6F. The airfield was moderately damaged as was the port, there were many secondary explosions and casualties were light. Then another wave of planes arrived and the 59 X SB2C (5 damaged), 32 X TBM (5 damaged) and 25 X F6F dished out additional light damage to the airfield and port, a couple of secondary explosions and very light casualties.
Jaluit was unsuccessfully attacked by 51 X B-25J and 45 X P-38J. The island was obscured by cloud cover.
At Iwo Jima the Japanese artillery was ineffective and the Americans attacked, compressing the pocket held by the Japanese and inflicting very heavy losses on them at the cost of heavy casualties to themselves.
The numbness in Phil's arm is not going away and Frank tries to convince Phil that he needs to see a real doctor ASAP. Phil says, “When we bring our ship into Saipan or Guam will be time enough. In the meantime let's go over those damage reports and see how we stand.”
Stick had today off and he spent it aimlessly wandering around. He was lost in thought and he ended up at a beach so he shed his clothes and took a dip. It was relaxing and the sun felt good, but he did get a bit of a sunburn. Upon his return to the squadron's area he was greeted with “Hey lobster!”
Sam enjoyed a quiet day and saw to his weapons. A Japanese plane flew overhead and he hoped that they took a picture of him as he gave them the finger. He hates when the Japanese recon planes flit in and out without getting the attention that they deserve from the fighters on patrol.
Sylvia has become big as a house and people tell her that she's looking like the baby will explode out of her any day now. Pete just says that there's more to hold on to when he hugs her.
Meat rationing in the US stopped today, except for certain cuts.
Victory Points Japanese 31780 Allied 29496
Intel
9th Engineer Regiment is located at Changkufeng.
72nd Division is located at Sendai.
155th IJA Base Force is located at Buin.
Kaosing Fortress is located at Takao.
48th Road Construction Battalion is located at Mutanchiang.
Kure 6th SNLF is located at Jaluit.
4330 men are based at Pusan.
93871 men are based at Camranh Bay.
36th Ind. Mixed Brigade is located at Georgetown.
132nd IJA Base Force is planning for an attack on Atka Island.
31st AA Regiment is located at Sapporo.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
Recon
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Luang Prabang vacant
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Bangkok 44 fighters, 46 aux, 5 LCUs 1680/18/0
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Koepang 1 X SS, 1 X AK, 8 LCUs 28300/60/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 3 X AP, 5 LCUs 9400/78/223
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Bonin 4 LCUs 14020/72/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Palau 7 LCUs 22440/103/0
PB2Y Coronado takes recon photos of Marcus Island 30 bombers, 46 aux, 12 LCUs 27120/69/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 17 LCUs 40580/110/158
Combat
2 IJN MSWs encountered a mine field at Morotai and commenced to sweep it.
The SS Jack, at 41,51, was futilely attacked by 5 MSWs.
The SS Tullibee stumbled unto a lone AK and proceeded to strike it with 2 fish. The transmission was gargled and a location could not be obtained.
Dili was bombed by 141 X B-24D and the AA fire managed to damage 6 of them. The port was moderately damaged and there were a great many secondary explosions reported.
Yap had it's airstrip very lightly damaged by 23 X P-39D and 11 X P-47D. Later in the day 13 SBDs and 11 Thunderbolts appeared and did light damage to the airfield.
Kwajalein was attacked by 8 X SB2C (7 damaged by flak) and 4 X P-47D. The airfield was very lightly damaged and a Judy was destroyed. 6 PB4Ys attacked and lightly damaged the airfield in the afternoon.
The IJA 49th Division, defending Tavoy, was attacked by 42 X Thunderbolt II (1 downed, 5 damaged), 136 X P-38J (1 destroyed, 3 damaged) and 8 X Spitfire VIII. The unit had heavy losses. Japanese artillery made lots of noise, but did no damage. The Allied guns inflicted moderate losses on the Japanese.
The 6th Chinese Air Base Force was attacked by 7 X Helen and the few men left there silently smoked and watch the Japanese accomplish nothing for their efforts.
Bonin was raided by 58 X SBD (2 damaged), 24 X SB2C, 132 X TBF (1 splashed, 4 damaged), 90 X TBM (1 destroyed, 2 damaged) and 12 X F6F. The airfield was moderately damaged as was the port, there were many secondary explosions and casualties were light. Then another wave of planes arrived and the 59 X SB2C (5 damaged), 32 X TBM (5 damaged) and 25 X F6F dished out additional light damage to the airfield and port, a couple of secondary explosions and very light casualties.
Jaluit was unsuccessfully attacked by 51 X B-25J and 45 X P-38J. The island was obscured by cloud cover.
At Iwo Jima the Japanese artillery was ineffective and the Americans attacked, compressing the pocket held by the Japanese and inflicting very heavy losses on them at the cost of heavy casualties to themselves.
The numbness in Phil's arm is not going away and Frank tries to convince Phil that he needs to see a real doctor ASAP. Phil says, “When we bring our ship into Saipan or Guam will be time enough. In the meantime let's go over those damage reports and see how we stand.”
Stick had today off and he spent it aimlessly wandering around. He was lost in thought and he ended up at a beach so he shed his clothes and took a dip. It was relaxing and the sun felt good, but he did get a bit of a sunburn. Upon his return to the squadron's area he was greeted with “Hey lobster!”
Sam enjoyed a quiet day and saw to his weapons. A Japanese plane flew overhead and he hoped that they took a picture of him as he gave them the finger. He hates when the Japanese recon planes flit in and out without getting the attention that they deserve from the fighters on patrol.
Sylvia has become big as a house and people tell her that she's looking like the baby will explode out of her any day now. Pete just says that there's more to hold on to when he hugs her.
Meat rationing in the US stopped today, except for certain cuts.
Victory Points Japanese 31780 Allied 29496
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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RE: Hey Lobster!
May 4, 1944 Moscow
Intel
3355 men are based at Hamamatsu.
3927 men are based at Nagato.
93857 men are based at Camranh Bay.
12th AA Regiment is located at Peking.
2nd Mountain Gun Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
52nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
15th Aviation Rgt is located at Batavia.
3362 men are based at Hamamatsu.
15915 men are based at Nagaoka.
1st Amphibious Brigade is located at Paramushiro Jima.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
4th Mortar Battalion is located at Nanning.
25th Engineer Regiment is located at Sendai.
1st Mixed Regiment is located at Amoy.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Victoria Point 37 bombers, 31 aux, 4 LCUs 17240,109,0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 4 LCUs 14080/116/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 5 LCUs 9680/70/211
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Lautem 5 X AP, 1 X CA, 2 aux, 17 LCUs 47420/193/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Palau 7 LCUs 17160/86/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 16 LCUs 36900/99/158
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Bonin 4 LCUs 14780/70/0
Combat
Tavoy's airfield was bombed by 78 X B-29 and the flak damaged 1 plane. The damage to the field was moderate as were personnel losses. The IJA 30th Division was jumped by 39 X Thunderbolt II (1 destroyed, 2 damaged), 120 X P-38J (1 downed, 7 damaged) and 10 Spitfire VIII. The unit had heavy losses. Japanese artillery continued it's ineffective fire on the Allied troops. The Allies attacked and slightly damaged the Japanese defensive system as both sides had extremely heavy casualties.
Koepang was hit by 29 X B-24J and 5 of the Liberators were hit by AA fire. The port took light damage, there were many secondary explosions and casualties were moderate.
Dili's port was heavily damaged by 42 X B-24J (1 downed, 4 damaged), there were many secondary explosions claimed and troop losses were light.
Yap was raided by 24 Airacobras and 13 Thunderbolts. Both sides suffered no damage.
Port Moresby was the target for 45 X B-24D and the flak damaged 6 of them. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were some secondary explosions observed and casualties were placed at heavy for the troops.
The IJA 29th Ind. Mixed Brigade, at Rahaeng, was pounced on by 13 X Mosquito FB.VI. Flak damaged a plane and the unit had very light losses.
The 5th New Chinese Corps was attacked by 7 Helens and they inflicted light casualties on the helpless Chinese.
Bonin was struck by 58 X SBD (2 damaged), 58 X SB2C, 130 X TBF (2 splashed, 4 damaged), 123 X TBM (5 damaged) and 12 X F6F who did moderate damage to the airfield and port, caused a great many secondary explosions and inflicted moderate troop losses.
At Iwo Jima the Japanese artillery tried and failed to harm the Allied soldiers. The Americans attacked again further reducing the Japanese held areas while both sides had heavy losses.
The APD Sands made Eniwetok today and work to stop the flooding will begin immediately. It is hoped that tomorrow the APD Crosby will arrive, though her survival is seriously in doubt.
The O'Bannon docked at Guam and Phil immediately set about seeing to obtaining work parties for some additional repairs before she will sail with other wounded vessels for Pearl Harbor. No amount of cajoling can get Phil to give up his command. Since Phil is in no immediate danger from his wound the higher ups leave the situation as is, under the condition that he report first thing tomorrow to hospital that has been established on the island.
Stalin had a strong protest sent to Tokyo about the 5 LCUs on the border adjacent to Sunwu. He has requested that they be pulled back as there is no reason for such an offensive posture considering that there is peace between the two countries. In the meantime Soviet troops are slipping into Sunwu in preparation for war. If the Japanese question this the reply will be that this is just a precaution because of their troops close proximity to one another. “We will claim that this is to prevent an incident,” says Stalin. “We will continue to prepare for war against the Japanese and if they agree to this then we will make more demands in the near future. Of course these demands will be in the name of peace.” With that he dismisses all but a few of the inner circle.
Victory Points Japanese 31753 Allied 29704
Intel
3355 men are based at Hamamatsu.
3927 men are based at Nagato.
93857 men are based at Camranh Bay.
12th AA Regiment is located at Peking.
2nd Mountain Gun Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
52nd Heavy AA Battalion is located at Harbin.
15th Aviation Rgt is located at Batavia.
3362 men are based at Hamamatsu.
15915 men are based at Nagaoka.
1st Amphibious Brigade is located at Paramushiro Jima.
15th Field Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Kweiyang.
4th Mortar Battalion is located at Nanning.
25th Engineer Regiment is located at Sendai.
1st Mixed Regiment is located at Amoy.
Recon
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Victoria Point 37 bombers, 31 aux, 4 LCUs 17240,109,0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Rahaeng 4 LCUs 14080/116/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Dili 5 LCUs 9680/70/211
Mosquito PR.IX takes recon photos of Lautem 5 X AP, 1 X CA, 2 aux, 17 LCUs 47420/193/0
F-5C Lightning takes recon photos of Palau 7 LCUs 17160/86/0
F-5A Lightning takes recon photos of Port Moresby 16 LCUs 36900/99/158
SOC-3 Seagull takes recon photos of Bonin 4 LCUs 14780/70/0
Combat
Tavoy's airfield was bombed by 78 X B-29 and the flak damaged 1 plane. The damage to the field was moderate as were personnel losses. The IJA 30th Division was jumped by 39 X Thunderbolt II (1 destroyed, 2 damaged), 120 X P-38J (1 downed, 7 damaged) and 10 Spitfire VIII. The unit had heavy losses. Japanese artillery continued it's ineffective fire on the Allied troops. The Allies attacked and slightly damaged the Japanese defensive system as both sides had extremely heavy casualties.
Koepang was hit by 29 X B-24J and 5 of the Liberators were hit by AA fire. The port took light damage, there were many secondary explosions and casualties were moderate.
Dili's port was heavily damaged by 42 X B-24J (1 downed, 4 damaged), there were many secondary explosions claimed and troop losses were light.
Yap was raided by 24 Airacobras and 13 Thunderbolts. Both sides suffered no damage.
Port Moresby was the target for 45 X B-24D and the flak damaged 6 of them. The airfield was moderately damaged, there were some secondary explosions observed and casualties were placed at heavy for the troops.
The IJA 29th Ind. Mixed Brigade, at Rahaeng, was pounced on by 13 X Mosquito FB.VI. Flak damaged a plane and the unit had very light losses.
The 5th New Chinese Corps was attacked by 7 Helens and they inflicted light casualties on the helpless Chinese.
Bonin was struck by 58 X SBD (2 damaged), 58 X SB2C, 130 X TBF (2 splashed, 4 damaged), 123 X TBM (5 damaged) and 12 X F6F who did moderate damage to the airfield and port, caused a great many secondary explosions and inflicted moderate troop losses.
At Iwo Jima the Japanese artillery tried and failed to harm the Allied soldiers. The Americans attacked again further reducing the Japanese held areas while both sides had heavy losses.
The APD Sands made Eniwetok today and work to stop the flooding will begin immediately. It is hoped that tomorrow the APD Crosby will arrive, though her survival is seriously in doubt.
The O'Bannon docked at Guam and Phil immediately set about seeing to obtaining work parties for some additional repairs before she will sail with other wounded vessels for Pearl Harbor. No amount of cajoling can get Phil to give up his command. Since Phil is in no immediate danger from his wound the higher ups leave the situation as is, under the condition that he report first thing tomorrow to hospital that has been established on the island.
Stalin had a strong protest sent to Tokyo about the 5 LCUs on the border adjacent to Sunwu. He has requested that they be pulled back as there is no reason for such an offensive posture considering that there is peace between the two countries. In the meantime Soviet troops are slipping into Sunwu in preparation for war. If the Japanese question this the reply will be that this is just a precaution because of their troops close proximity to one another. “We will claim that this is to prevent an incident,” says Stalin. “We will continue to prepare for war against the Japanese and if they agree to this then we will make more demands in the near future. Of course these demands will be in the name of peace.” With that he dismisses all but a few of the inner circle.
Victory Points Japanese 31753 Allied 29704
Todd
I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
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I never thought that doing an AAR would be so time consuming and difficult.
www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2080768