Aussie Affair, Beta's Twilight

[Raverdave]

Ah that was an enjoyable turn.......I think I did more damage to Luskan than I did to myself which is always a step in the right direction if you are trying to win a war. [:'(]

[Oliver Heindorf]

what I see here doesnt makes me happy..... in early 1943 the allies were not able to sent 100's of planes against the japs in large strikes....90+ B17's...180+ Marauders..... 70+ Liberators...all in a single day.....uh-oh. in 43 the allies did it but it took weeks to prepare....here we can do it realistically in every other day... opinions ?

PS : go Raver go ! [:D]

[Andy Mac]

Hard to do it that frequently without morale and damaged aircraft piling up in my experience.

10th AF in India/ Burma/ China (if supply permits) and bomb intensively for 3 or 4 days or alternatively 1 day in about 5 or 6 for the long haul.

Same for an AF in SOPAC/SWPAC and the one in CENTPAC but to bomb 1 in 2 is tough for more than a week.

The only way to do 1 in 2 or 3 for the long haul is to have enough bombers to rotate and rest 1sqn of each grup per day.

Thats my experience so far

[Luskan]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/43

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Green Island at 63,89

Japanese Ships
CL Agano
DD Yuzuki
DD Okikaze
DD Fuyo, Shell hits 1
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
DD Meade, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
MSW Gympie, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
MSW Jan van Amstel, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Naval bombardment of Green Island, at 63,89


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Kamo
DD Kiji
DD Hayabusa
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsushima
CA Nachi


Allied ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 8

Runway hits 7
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 7

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Day Air attack on Macassar , at 30,69


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 71


No Allied losses

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Day Air attack on North Chishima Fortress, at 82,34


Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 7


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
4 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Macassar , at 30,69


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 107


No Allied losses

[Raverdave]

I can mount 4 raids in a week but at the expense of having to rest the bomber groups for one to two weeks, some are in such a poor state that they have to be sent to the aussie mainland to be rested. So the best that I can do is one large raid per week with maybe a few smaller raids at "softer" targets here and there. Airpower was THE deciding factor for the Allies in WW2 and so it will also prove to be against the Banana.

And don't forget that these raids are being conducted over a very large area that would be comparable to ETO as far as scale goes.

I use my Lightnings as hunters but the yellow banana keeps his poweder dry and refuses combat. Pity, I have a huge list of pilots keen to make their fifth kill.

[Raverdave]

Paramushiro Jima has been bombed! This is simply a pay-back by installment with much more to come.[8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/20/43

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Day Air attack on Kitachishima Fortress, at 82,34


Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 6


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on North Chishima Fortress, at 82,34


Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x PB4Y Liberator bombing at 6000 feet

[Raverdave]

Hmmmmm.....I hit the home Islands and not a peep out of banana boy[&:]

[51st Highland Div]

He is probably having a meeting with a most displeased Emperor after allowing the Home Islands to be bombed by the evil Allies [:D]

[Terminus]

Being invited to disembowel himself honourably...[:D]

[51st Highland Div]

Yep probably hard to get the sword through all that stormtrooper armour.....[:D]

[Raverdave]

I would have thought that a light saber would have sliced through ST armour like a hot knife in butter.[:D]

[Terminus]

My thoughts exactly, but where would a lowly stormtrooper get a lightsaber from?

[Raverdave]

Well when you have cocked up as royally as "our" ST has (AKA banananana boy) I would imagine that there would be a line of wannabes ready and willing to pass the said light saber to our disgraced hero.[;)]

[Terminus]

Or pass it through him, as the case may be.

[51st Highland Div]

Nah he heard the term "fall on your sword" and tried to fall over it without success...[:'(]

[Terminus]

Has to suck when you can't even stick a sword in your own gut without messing it up...

[Luskan]

If you hadn't figured it out, the the Emperor is giving the rebel alliance a little leeway before he sends darth in to clean them up.

Problems with email. ISPs suck.

Turn tonight when i get home though.

[51st Highland Div]

Lmao look what happened to Darth Vader and the Death Star......

[Raverdave]

Yup....I am now looking for a vent-hole on the KB death star, once I find that Luskan is stuffed.[:D]

[51st Highland Div]

He's probably making another Death Star..sorry KB in Japanese Home waters [:D]