AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 24, 44
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Sub attack near Bandjermasin at 62,101
Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze
DD Tawakaze
Allied Ships
SS KXI
SS KXI launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hakaze
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
KXI tonight gets a shot at the tanker convoy but misses the destroyer...
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ASW attack near Bandjermasin at 62,101
Japanese Ships
DD Tawakaze
Allied Ships
SS KXI, hits 1
SS KXI is sighted by escort
KXI bottoming out ....
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tawakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Tawakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Tawakaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
and then takes a hit in shallow water, 18 sys 31 flt... pretty unsuccesful patrol...
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,77
Japanese Ships
xAK Kyokko Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Eiko Maru
SC Ch 16
TK Dairetsu Maru
xAK Teisen Maru
xAK Meiu Maru
xAK Yamabuki Maru
xAK Tamaki Maru
xAK Oregon Maru
E W-14
PB Ogashima
PB Tatsumiya Maru
Allied Ships
SS Jack
SS Jack launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Kyokko Maru
E W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-14 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ogashima fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Jack sends a freighter to hell...
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ASW attack near Bataan at 77,77
Japanese Ships
CA Kako
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
DD Katsutade
DD Tadeshiwa
DD Arare
DD Yamagumo
Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 2
SS Searaven is sighted by escort
DD Katsutade fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tadeshiwa fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arare fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamagumo attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yamagumo attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub
Searaven being knocked out is worth the intel that the enemy got a heavy cruiser squadron in the Philipines... the sub takes 11 sys 31 flt 2 eng...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4668 troops, 149 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 1405
Defending force 10436 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 178
Allied adjusted assault: 102
Japanese adjusted defense: 311
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 47 (40 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
767th Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
1st Australian Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
143rd USA Base Force
249th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
23rd Air Flotilla
12th Base Force
58th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit
damn, one of the tank units was still on deliberate attack with the artillery units being on bombard... what did the tank unit lose? motorized support only, which is implying that the trucks were leading the attack on the enemy lines... funny ground war...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 25, 44
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,77
Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru
SC Ch 32
TK Palembang Maru
TK Marifu Maru
TK Okigawa Maru
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
E Saishu
Allied Ships
SS Raton
SS Raton is sighted by escort
Raton diving deep ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
meeting another tanker convoy but no success...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
CAP engaged:
261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 17 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
using Manado´s level 9 airfield complex to full success now, we can attack every base on Mindanao and also the whole South and South East coast of Borneo... we´ll soon deny the enemy of more than 50% of Borneo´s oil fields... as it stands now, there are only small garissons at Balikpapan, Samarinda and Tarakan so knocking out the airfields won´t be that hard I guess... the Corsairs get the dive and wreck havoc within the scrambling Zekes...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
CAP engaged:
261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 73 minutes
the Zekes long have become absolutely helpless against my Corsairs, I wouldn´t even bother if Rainer would produce 1000 of them per month, it seems it wouldn´t make any difference, the more he sends up, the more are shot down...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 42
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
as long as the sweeps show up before the bombers everything works just well for us...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 2 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
two Corsair squadrons follow the piece meal bomber strikes though...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1269 troops, 117 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 1408
Defending force 9852 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 170
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
143rd USA Base Force
249th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
23rd Air Flotilla
12th Base Force
35th JNAF AF Unit
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,77
Japanese Ships
PB Taiko Maru
SC Ch 32
TK Palembang Maru
TK Marifu Maru
TK Okigawa Maru
DD Murakumo
DD Isonami
E Saishu
Allied Ships
SS Raton
SS Raton is sighted by escort
Raton diving deep ....
DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isonami fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
meeting another tanker convoy but no success...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
CAP engaged:
261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 17 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
using Manado´s level 9 airfield complex to full success now, we can attack every base on Mindanao and also the whole South and South East coast of Borneo... we´ll soon deny the enemy of more than 50% of Borneo´s oil fields... as it stands now, there are only small garissons at Balikpapan, Samarinda and Tarakan so knocking out the airfields won´t be that hard I guess... the Corsairs get the dive and wreck havoc within the scrambling Zekes...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
CAP engaged:
261 Ku S-2 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 73 minutes
the Zekes long have become absolutely helpless against my Corsairs, I wouldn´t even bother if Rainer would produce 1000 of them per month, it seems it wouldn´t make any difference, the more he sends up, the more are shot down...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 42
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
as long as the sweeps show up before the bombers everything works just well for us...
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-II KAI Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 2 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIc Lily: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Tarakan , at 67,91
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet *
two Corsair squadrons follow the piece meal bomber strikes though...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1269 troops, 117 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 1408
Defending force 9852 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 170
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
143rd USA Base Force
249th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
23rd Air Flotilla
12th Base Force
35th JNAF AF Unit
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 26, 44
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ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79
Japanese Ships
E Ukishima
PB Tomitu Maru
AO Ashizuri
AO Shioya
TK Azuchisan Maru
TK Namba Maru
TK Batopaha Maru
TK Kinmon Maru
TK Fukko Maru
DD Matsukaze
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Stingray, hits 3
SS Stingray is sighted by escort
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Stingray is driven off by a heavy escort and retires with 9 sys 11 flt...
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,77
Japanese Ships
E Kyosai
E Ukishima
AO Ashizuri
AO Shioya
TK Azuchisan Maru
TK Namba Maru
TK Batopaha Maru
TK Mutsuyo Maru
TK Kinmon Maru
TK Fukko Maru
DD Matsukaze
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 1
SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at E Kyosai
Trout diving deep ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Takashima attacking submerged sub ....
E Hoko fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Matsukaze cannot establish contact with SS Trout
DD Matsukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Trout
DD Matsukaze cannot establish contact with SS Trout
SS Trout eludes ASW attack from DD Matsukaze
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Matsukaze loses contact with SS Trout
DD Matsukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Trout
DD Matsukaze loses contact with SS Trout
SS Trout eludes ASW attack from DD Matsukaze
Escort abandons search for sub
then Trout operates against the same convoy but senselessly attacks one of the escorts and misses... at least she doesn´t sustain heavy damage...
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Sub attack near Balabac at 70,83
Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki
Allied Ships
SS Pogy
SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at DD Shinonome
Pogy bottoming out ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1299 troops, 117 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1419
Defending force 9358 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Australian Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
4th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
226th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
23rd Air Flotilla
12th Base Force
35th JNAF AF Unit
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 26, 44
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ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79
Japanese Ships
E Ukishima
PB Tomitu Maru
AO Ashizuri
AO Shioya
TK Azuchisan Maru
TK Namba Maru
TK Batopaha Maru
TK Kinmon Maru
TK Fukko Maru
DD Matsukaze
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Stingray, hits 3
SS Stingray is sighted by escort
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
E Hoko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hoko fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Stingray is driven off by a heavy escort and retires with 9 sys 11 flt...
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,77
Japanese Ships
E Kyosai
E Ukishima
AO Ashizuri
AO Shioya
TK Azuchisan Maru
TK Namba Maru
TK Batopaha Maru
TK Mutsuyo Maru
TK Kinmon Maru
TK Fukko Maru
DD Matsukaze
E Takashima
E Hoko
Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 1
SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at E Kyosai
Trout diving deep ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Takashima attacking submerged sub ....
E Hoko fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Takashima fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Matsukaze cannot establish contact with SS Trout
DD Matsukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Trout
DD Matsukaze cannot establish contact with SS Trout
SS Trout eludes ASW attack from DD Matsukaze
DD Matsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Matsukaze loses contact with SS Trout
DD Matsukaze cannot reach attack position over SS Trout
DD Matsukaze loses contact with SS Trout
SS Trout eludes ASW attack from DD Matsukaze
Escort abandons search for sub
then Trout operates against the same convoy but senselessly attacks one of the escorts and misses... at least she doesn´t sustain heavy damage...
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Sub attack near Balabac at 70,83
Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki
Allied Ships
SS Pogy
SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at DD Shinonome
Pogy bottoming out ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1299 troops, 117 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1419
Defending force 9358 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Australian Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
4th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
226th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
23rd Air Flotilla
12th Base Force
35th JNAF AF Unit
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 27, 44
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ASW attack near Busuanga at 77,81
Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
DD Hatakaze
DD Asanagi
Allied Ships
SS Truculent
SS Truculent is located by DD Hayate
Truculent diving deep ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hayate cannot establish contact with SS Truculent
DD Hayate cannot establish contact with SS Truculent
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Busuanga at 77,81
Japanese Ships
DD Hayate, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze
DD Asanagi
Allied Ships
SS Truculent
SS Truculent launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hayate
Truculent diving deep ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi cannot reach attack position over SS Truculent
SS Truculent eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
SS Truculent eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
SS Truculent eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
Escort abandons search for sub
now that was a lucky one... guess all these attacks on escorts results in total in 40% heavily damaged subs, 10% subs sunk and 2% escorts hit... how much would I give for a toggle to keep my subs attacking escorts...
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,77
Japanese Ships
E W-1
SC Ch 51
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 13
TK Toshikawa Maru
TK Kyokuyo Maru
TK Rokkosan Maru
TK Kikusui Maru
TK Ogura Maru #2
E W-28
E Susuki
Allied Ships
SS Trout
SS Trout launches 4 torpedoes at E W-1
E W-28 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-1 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Trout attacks a second time a tanker convoy in two days but also a second time one of the E... [8|]
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 45
N1K1-J George x 2
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 28 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
ordered lots of fighter squadrons to sweep Cagayan today in front of our B-24 plastering the base... we had intel about lots of fighters, I was glad to see them mostly being Zekes... the first squadron of Corsairs was hit quite hard though due to facing 2.5:1 odds as we get the usual "funny" way our fighter squadrons fighting their own private war against the Japanese...
this squadron lost 6 Corsairs in the end with 4 pilots MIA/KIA... most of the Zekes were only damaged this time...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
N1K1-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
the first sweep took out 50% of the Cap and the second sweep gets a long dive and shreds the enemy for light losses...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
the fourth squadron then finally clears the sky...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet
thank god the Lightnings are the ones to show up as the last as they usually can´t compete with the Corsair squadrons even though the P-38 are flown by superior pilots...
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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 22
PV-1 Ventura x 66
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 92
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
training strike... not sure these Ventura squadrons will ever get the chance to drop bombs on enemy ships... the whole IJN is hiding somewhere... at some point Rainer will have missed his last chance to do some severe damage at acceptable cost, but this is pretty much mirroring real life... [:D] he seems to be waiting for the decisive battle but he already faces pretty much bad odds IMO...
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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 64
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K5 Mavis: 2 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 84
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
here comes the hammer...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 46
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
not as much destroyed on the ground as I have been hoping for...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 16
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sangi at 77,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
LCT-180
LCT-161
LCT-361
PT-42
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
475th FG/432nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
the enemy is using Zekes to attack my LCT convoys but they are met by two P-47 leaking out from Manado... only one Zeke shot down but they all miss the LCT... Sangi is going to be built up to provide a fighter strip closer to Mindanao...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1315 troops, 117 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1421
Defending force 8912 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 170
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
767th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Australian Division
4th Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
97th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
23rd Air Flotilla
58th Field AA Battalion
12th Base Force
35th JNAF AF Unit
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ASW attack near Busuanga at 77,81
Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
DD Hatakaze
DD Asanagi
Allied Ships
SS Truculent
SS Truculent is located by DD Hayate
Truculent diving deep ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hayate attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hayate cannot establish contact with SS Truculent
DD Hayate cannot establish contact with SS Truculent
DD Hayate fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Sub attack near Busuanga at 77,81
Japanese Ships
DD Hayate, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze
DD Asanagi
Allied Ships
SS Truculent
SS Truculent launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hayate
Truculent diving deep ....
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Asanagi cannot reach attack position over SS Truculent
SS Truculent eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
SS Truculent eludes DD Asanagi by diving deep
SS Truculent eludes ASW attack from DD Asanagi
Escort abandons search for sub
now that was a lucky one... guess all these attacks on escorts results in total in 40% heavily damaged subs, 10% subs sunk and 2% escorts hit... how much would I give for a toggle to keep my subs attacking escorts...
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Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,77
Japanese Ships
E W-1
SC Ch 51
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 13
TK Toshikawa Maru
TK Kyokuyo Maru
TK Rokkosan Maru
TK Kikusui Maru
TK Ogura Maru #2
E W-28
E Susuki
Allied Ships
SS Trout
SS Trout launches 4 torpedoes at E W-1
E W-28 fails to find sub and abandons search
E W-1 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Trout attacks a second time a tanker convoy in two days but also a second time one of the E... [8|]
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 45
N1K1-J George x 2
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 28 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
ordered lots of fighter squadrons to sweep Cagayan today in front of our B-24 plastering the base... we had intel about lots of fighters, I was glad to see them mostly being Zekes... the first squadron of Corsairs was hit quite hard though due to facing 2.5:1 odds as we get the usual "funny" way our fighter squadrons fighting their own private war against the Japanese...
this squadron lost 6 Corsairs in the end with 4 pilots MIA/KIA... most of the Zekes were only damaged this time...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
N1K1-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010 , scrambling fighters to 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
the first sweep took out 50% of the Cap and the second sweep gets a long dive and shreds the enemy for light losses...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 66 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
the fourth squadron then finally clears the sky...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 47,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet
thank god the Lightnings are the ones to show up as the last as they usually can´t compete with the Corsair squadrons even though the P-38 are flown by superior pilots...
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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 22
PV-1 Ventura x 66
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 92
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
training strike... not sure these Ventura squadrons will ever get the chance to drop bombs on enemy ships... the whole IJN is hiding somewhere... at some point Rainer will have missed his last chance to do some severe damage at acceptable cost, but this is pretty much mirroring real life... [:D] he seems to be waiting for the decisive battle but he already faces pretty much bad odds IMO...
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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Kendari , at 70,106
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 64
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K5 Mavis: 2 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 84
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
here comes the hammer...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 46
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
not as much destroyed on the ground as I have been hoping for...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 16
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K5 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sangi at 77,97
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
LCT-180
LCT-161
LCT-361
PT-42
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
475th FG/432nd FS with P-47D2 Thunderbolt (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 42000
Raid is overhead
the enemy is using Zekes to attack my LCT convoys but they are met by two P-47 leaking out from Manado... only one Zeke shot down but they all miss the LCT... Sangi is going to be built up to provide a fighter strip closer to Mindanao...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1315 troops, 117 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1421
Defending force 8912 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 170
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
767th Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Australian Division
4th Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
97th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
23rd Air Flotilla
58th Field AA Battalion
12th Base Force
35th JNAF AF Unit
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 28, 44
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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83
Japanese Ships
E Uruyame
xAK Kenzan Maru
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Zinzan Maru
DD Minekaze
Allied Ships
SS Stingray
SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at E Uruyame
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
while the number of my subs in total is still increasing, they´ve long passed their time of being effective... absolutely a parrallel to real life Kriegsmarine during early 44... [:(]
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ASW attack near Balabac at 70,83
Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki
Allied Ships
SS Bluegill, hits 7
SS Bluegill is located by DD Shinonome
Bluegill bottoming out ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub
SS Bluegill didn´t even reach patrol zone, 13 sys 15 flt... SS Bashaw is hit twice by air ASW today: 95/50/10, sinks at the end of the turn... [8|] hello, my name is Karl Dönitz... [>:] the next two or three months I will closely take a look at what my subs actually achieve, then I will probably decide to order them all back to port as it seems to be totally senseless to use them...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1323 troops, 117 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1423
Defending force 8573 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Australian Division
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
12th Base Force
23rd Air Flotilla
35th JNAF AF Unit
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Sub attack near Balabac at 69,83
Japanese Ships
E Uruyame
xAK Kenzan Maru
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Yuzan Maru
xAK Zinzan Maru
DD Minekaze
Allied Ships
SS Stingray
SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at E Uruyame
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
while the number of my subs in total is still increasing, they´ve long passed their time of being effective... absolutely a parrallel to real life Kriegsmarine during early 44... [:(]
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ASW attack near Balabac at 70,83
Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Minazuki
DD Uzuki
Allied Ships
SS Bluegill, hits 7
SS Bluegill is located by DD Shinonome
Bluegill bottoming out ....
DD Minazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Uzuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Uzuki is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub
SS Bluegill didn´t even reach patrol zone, 13 sys 15 flt... SS Bashaw is hit twice by air ASW today: 95/50/10, sinks at the end of the turn... [8|] hello, my name is Karl Dönitz... [>:] the next two or three months I will closely take a look at what my subs actually achieve, then I will probably decide to order them all back to port as it seems to be totally senseless to use them...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1323 troops, 117 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 1423
Defending force 8573 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 172
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Australian Division
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
12th Base Force
23rd Air Flotilla
35th JNAF AF Unit
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 29, 44
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 71,78
Japanese Ships
TK Toan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 12
SC Ch 4
TK Mirii Maru
TK Ryoei Maru
TK Kumanoyama
PB Muroran Maru
PB Myoken Maru
Allied Ships
SS Billfish
SS Billfish launches 4 torpedoes at TK Toan Maru
Billfish diving deep ....
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Muroran Maru cannot establish contact with SS Billfish
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
well done here, convoys without E or DD usually are easy prey for the subs so I don´t understand why I see some xAK convoys being escorted by E but this tanker convoy seems to completely miss them...
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,72
Japanese Ships
E No.1
E No.10
E No.9
Allied Ships
SS Puffer, hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
SS Puffer is located by E No.1
E No.10 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub
sunk... [8|] well, these E "No.x" are the new ones that are coming out of the shipyards in 44... there were some complaints about them on the forum already from ppl that have reached later war times (not a common happening anyway) and I can only agree... these vessels sure look historical correct, but their performance couldn´t be any more ahistorical... with an ASW value of 14 and a DC mount dropping 12 DCs at once they are truly uber ASW weapons... the explanation of having more smaller mounts dropping more patterns being better than one big mount is just off or is obviously coming from people that perhaps know what should go on in the game in theory but they obviously never saw how these E actually work in the game... must be the same of what actually happens in the game in regards to A2A and what the dev thinks what should happen in theory... the enemy probably doesn´t have more than halve a dozen of these E No.x at the moment but the IJN will flood all areas with them in a couple of months at the latest and this will be the time when the Allied sub offensive will come to a complete halt (if not earlier as sub losses are insane already)... while looking good on paper, these ships just didn´t have the ability to sink Allied subs at will in real life, the devs know that, but this doesn´t mean these E would be showing any different performance than high experienced British DD... and they do this with experience levels BELOW 50... well tested indeed... [8|]
like I´ve said earlier, AE was a step forward also in sub war and ASW but this doesn´t mean we are close to reality now (not talking about different USE of ASW assets, but totally different performance of each individual ship class)... and this is what usually gets me upset, in WITP ppl just accepted the weaknesses of a GAME, since AE was released, ppl are now constantly stating how realistic every aspect of the game is... and that is just silly... it´s a game with a great map, and an excellent OOB but it´s not a sim...
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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
xAKL Takegawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Kinmo Maru
xAK Sansho Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
PB Kaiun Maru
Allied Ships
SS Herring
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Herring launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Takegawa Maru
Herring diving deep ....
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
sending a troop transport to the bottom...
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ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84
Japanese Ships
E Iki
E Wakamiya
E Shimushu
xAK Tokusima Maru
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru
xAK Morioka Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
E Mikura
E Amakusa
Allied Ships
SS Lapon, hits 3
SS Lapon launches 6 torpedoes at E Iki
Lapon diving deep ....
E Mikura fails to find sub and abandons search
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Iki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Amakusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Amakusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
thank god these are only "normal" E...
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 74,84
Japanese Ships
xAK Zinzan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Kenzan Maru
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Syoto Maru
DD Minekaze
E Uruyame
Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 13
SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Zinzan Maru
Narwhal diving deep ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Narwhal also kills a freighter today but suffers... 41 sys 42 flt means being in high danger of sinking...
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ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 52
TK Hoshin Maru
PB Spey Maru
Allied Ships
SS Steelhead
SS Steelhead is sighted by escort
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,72
Japanese Ships
PC Nire
DD Tadeyame
DD Myojinami
Allied Ships
SS Pogy, hits 1
SS Pogy is sighted by escort
Pogy diving deep ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
N1K1-J George x 6
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Raid is overhead
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
no dive for the Corsairs and the eneny losses are within reasonable numbers...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
N1K1-J George x 2
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
[8|] great, now the Corsair squadrons seem to suffer the same "we lose three fighters on the way to the target syndrom"...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 82,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Yamayuri Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Brasil Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 out of 48 PB4Y-1 manage to get to the target, the rest all had "failed to link up" or "fail due to range or weather" which is hardcoded for LBA strikes against ships... two freighters are sent to hell by the 9 bombers and both seem to have carried troops... guess the enemy will soon stop his reinforcement attempts of Mindanao... at the moment, there are some 80 enemy units on the island...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 92
P-38J Lightning x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged
Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 65
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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and here´s what I call one of the silly results the air routine is bringing up near constantly...
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
N1K1-J George x 14
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 74
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hokaze
DD Tawakaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
24 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet *
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet *
8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet *
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
ok, you probably are going to ask why... why? because the 74 P-38J that are flown by the best pilots available to the USAAF are shot to pieces by 23 enemy fighters as they lose no less than 22 P-38... the P-38 are set to escort, well, they show up with the bombers but the game treats them as sweep (would that be an advantage then??? [8|]), probably the usual coordination silliness (yes, I don´t care about altitude as it just doesn´t matter as coordination is something I call "screwed by design")... what happens then? Do I even have to say the enemy had the never ending dive? The strike was picked up by radar, resulting in 16 min pre warning for the Japanese fighters which are set to 6000ft... the George unit shows up with "Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes"... and then I can watch the replay with the Japanese fighters diving and diving and diving and diving and diving until the point I thought, heck, this GAME is so silly, why not using a board game where all aircraft are the same and the higher dice wins... Lightning after Lightning was sent home burning and nearly two dozen crashed... the Lightnings were able to take down one Zero and damage two Georges... yeah, air to air routines are a masterpiece of computer programming for sure... the flying circus of Lightnings outnumbered the enemy 3.5:1, they had the better aircraft, they had a tactical advantage (height anyone?) and the had overall better pilots as my flying circus didn´t meet two enemy expert units... but hey, why should that mean the game could come up with at least a somewhat reasonable result? It can´t because it´s borked... unfortunately... means the enemy achieves a 22:1 kill rate here...
I´m not going as far as saying that this is a usual result, but one thing is for sure, with all the weaknesses of WITP air combat, you still get LESS totally unreasonable results like these totally silly loops in AE very often... in WITP you could get reasonable, realistic kill rates and this depended on numbers, ac type and pilot exp... when looking at your force and the enemy´s before an engagement, you usually could expect an outcome good or bad for you... in AE, I have no clue what reasonable factors you should look at because there just isn´t anything reasonable as soon as you leave the early war stages of 2 Zero daitais engaging one P-40 squadron it seems...
as a side note, I´m sure there are people around thinking this was a perfectly realistic example of the airwar in the Pacific... to me, with the given factors, it was a totally silly result...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 82,87
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Erie Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Raid is overhead
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 74,84
Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
E Mutsure
E Shimushu
xAK Tokusima Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru
xAK Morioka Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
E Mikura
E Iki
E Amakusa
Allied Ships
SS Trespasser, hits 8
SS Trespasser launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nitiai Maru
Trespasser diving deep ....
E Mikura attacking submerged sub ....
E Iki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Amakusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Trespasser also gets a freighter but E Mikura also puts the sub in sinking condition... 25 sys 50 flt 5 eng...
makes it one sub sunk, two more in sinking condition and one damaged this turn for one tanker and three freighters (one small)... I´m not sure if this is an acceptable trade for the USN, it rather looks like kill ratios of Kriegsmarine subs in the Atlantic... and it will only get worse with all the super E coming out of the shipyards in 44/45...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1338 troops, 117 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
Defending force 8245 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 164
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
4th Australian Division
4th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
143rd USA Base Force
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
12th Base Force
23rd Air Flotilla
58th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 71,78
Japanese Ships
TK Toan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SC Ch 12
SC Ch 4
TK Mirii Maru
TK Ryoei Maru
TK Kumanoyama
PB Muroran Maru
PB Myoken Maru
Allied Ships
SS Billfish
SS Billfish launches 4 torpedoes at TK Toan Maru
Billfish diving deep ....
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Myoken Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Muroran Maru cannot establish contact with SS Billfish
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Muroran Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
well done here, convoys without E or DD usually are easy prey for the subs so I don´t understand why I see some xAK convoys being escorted by E but this tanker convoy seems to completely miss them...
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,72
Japanese Ships
E No.1
E No.10
E No.9
Allied Ships
SS Puffer, hits 16, on fire, heavy damage
SS Puffer is located by E No.1
E No.10 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.9 attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub
sunk... [8|] well, these E "No.x" are the new ones that are coming out of the shipyards in 44... there were some complaints about them on the forum already from ppl that have reached later war times (not a common happening anyway) and I can only agree... these vessels sure look historical correct, but their performance couldn´t be any more ahistorical... with an ASW value of 14 and a DC mount dropping 12 DCs at once they are truly uber ASW weapons... the explanation of having more smaller mounts dropping more patterns being better than one big mount is just off or is obviously coming from people that perhaps know what should go on in the game in theory but they obviously never saw how these E actually work in the game... must be the same of what actually happens in the game in regards to A2A and what the dev thinks what should happen in theory... the enemy probably doesn´t have more than halve a dozen of these E No.x at the moment but the IJN will flood all areas with them in a couple of months at the latest and this will be the time when the Allied sub offensive will come to a complete halt (if not earlier as sub losses are insane already)... while looking good on paper, these ships just didn´t have the ability to sink Allied subs at will in real life, the devs know that, but this doesn´t mean these E would be showing any different performance than high experienced British DD... and they do this with experience levels BELOW 50... well tested indeed... [8|]
like I´ve said earlier, AE was a step forward also in sub war and ASW but this doesn´t mean we are close to reality now (not talking about different USE of ASW assets, but totally different performance of each individual ship class)... and this is what usually gets me upset, in WITP ppl just accepted the weaknesses of a GAME, since AE was released, ppl are now constantly stating how realistic every aspect of the game is... and that is just silly... it´s a game with a great map, and an excellent OOB but it´s not a sim...
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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
xAKL Takegawa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Kinmo Maru
xAK Sansho Maru
xAK Kosei Maru
PB Kaiun Maru
Allied Ships
SS Herring
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Herring launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Takegawa Maru
Herring diving deep ....
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kaiun Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
sending a troop transport to the bottom...
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ASW attack near Balabac at 71,84
Japanese Ships
E Iki
E Wakamiya
E Shimushu
xAK Tokusima Maru
xAK Nitiai Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru
xAK Morioka Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
E Mikura
E Amakusa
Allied Ships
SS Lapon, hits 3
SS Lapon launches 6 torpedoes at E Iki
Lapon diving deep ....
E Mikura fails to find sub and abandons search
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Iki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Amakusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Amakusa attacking submerged sub ....
E Amakusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
thank god these are only "normal" E...
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 74,84
Japanese Ships
xAK Zinzan Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Kenzan Maru
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Syoto Maru
DD Minekaze
E Uruyame
Allied Ships
SS Narwhal, hits 13
SS Narwhal launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Zinzan Maru
Narwhal diving deep ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Minekaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame attacking submerged sub ....
E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Uruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Narwhal also kills a freighter today but suffers... 41 sys 42 flt means being in high danger of sinking...
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ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 52
TK Hoshin Maru
PB Spey Maru
Allied Ships
SS Steelhead
SS Steelhead is sighted by escort
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,72
Japanese Ships
PC Nire
DD Tadeyame
DD Myojinami
Allied Ships
SS Pogy, hits 1
SS Pogy is sighted by escort
Pogy diving deep ....
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Myojinami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
N1K1-J George x 6
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Raid is overhead
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
no dive for the Corsairs and the eneny losses are within reasonable numbers...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
N1K1-J George x 2
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 36900.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 6
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
3 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
[8|] great, now the Corsair squadrons seem to suffer the same "we lose three fighters on the way to the target syndrom"...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 82,87
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 25
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Yamayuri Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Brasil Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 out of 48 PB4Y-1 manage to get to the target, the rest all had "failed to link up" or "fail due to range or weather" which is hardcoded for LBA strikes against ships... two freighters are sent to hell by the 9 bombers and both seem to have carried troops... guess the enemy will soon stop his reinforcement attempts of Mindanao... at the moment, there are some 80 enemy units on the island...
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 92
P-38J Lightning x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged
Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 65
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
L2D2 Tabby: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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and here´s what I call one of the silly results the air routine is bringing up near constantly...
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
N1K1-J George x 14
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 74
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 3 destroyed
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hokaze
DD Tawakaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
24 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet *
6 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet *
8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 44000 feet *
CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
253 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
ok, you probably are going to ask why... why? because the 74 P-38J that are flown by the best pilots available to the USAAF are shot to pieces by 23 enemy fighters as they lose no less than 22 P-38... the P-38 are set to escort, well, they show up with the bombers but the game treats them as sweep (would that be an advantage then??? [8|]), probably the usual coordination silliness (yes, I don´t care about altitude as it just doesn´t matter as coordination is something I call "screwed by design")... what happens then? Do I even have to say the enemy had the never ending dive? The strike was picked up by radar, resulting in 16 min pre warning for the Japanese fighters which are set to 6000ft... the George unit shows up with "Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes"... and then I can watch the replay with the Japanese fighters diving and diving and diving and diving and diving until the point I thought, heck, this GAME is so silly, why not using a board game where all aircraft are the same and the higher dice wins... Lightning after Lightning was sent home burning and nearly two dozen crashed... the Lightnings were able to take down one Zero and damage two Georges... yeah, air to air routines are a masterpiece of computer programming for sure... the flying circus of Lightnings outnumbered the enemy 3.5:1, they had the better aircraft, they had a tactical advantage (height anyone?) and the had overall better pilots as my flying circus didn´t meet two enemy expert units... but hey, why should that mean the game could come up with at least a somewhat reasonable result? It can´t because it´s borked... unfortunately... means the enemy achieves a 22:1 kill rate here...
I´m not going as far as saying that this is a usual result, but one thing is for sure, with all the weaknesses of WITP air combat, you still get LESS totally unreasonable results like these totally silly loops in AE very often... in WITP you could get reasonable, realistic kill rates and this depended on numbers, ac type and pilot exp... when looking at your force and the enemy´s before an engagement, you usually could expect an outcome good or bad for you... in AE, I have no clue what reasonable factors you should look at because there just isn´t anything reasonable as soon as you leave the early war stages of 2 Zero daitais engaging one P-40 squadron it seems...
as a side note, I´m sure there are people around thinking this was a perfectly realistic example of the airwar in the Pacific... to me, with the given factors, it was a totally silly result...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Dinagat at 82,87
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Erie Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Raid is overhead
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Sub attack near Puerto Princesa at 74,84
Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiai Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
E Mutsure
E Shimushu
xAK Tokusima Maru
xAK Nitiyo Maru
xAK Morioka Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
E Mikura
E Iki
E Amakusa
Allied Ships
SS Trespasser, hits 8
SS Trespasser launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Nitiai Maru
Trespasser diving deep ....
E Mikura attacking submerged sub ....
E Iki fails to find sub and abandons search
E Amakusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Mikura fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Trespasser also gets a freighter but E Mikura also puts the sub in sinking condition... 25 sys 50 flt 5 eng...
makes it one sub sunk, two more in sinking condition and one damaged this turn for one tanker and three freighters (one small)... I´m not sure if this is an acceptable trade for the USN, it rather looks like kill ratios of Kriegsmarine subs in the Atlantic... and it will only get worse with all the super E coming out of the shipyards in 44/45...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1338 troops, 117 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
Defending force 8245 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 164
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
4th Australian Division
4th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
143rd USA Base Force
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
12th Base Force
23rd Air Flotilla
58th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit
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Submarine attack near Maryborough at 105,158
Japanese Ships
SS I-28
Allied Ships
APA Heywood, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
APA Heywood is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes
a pity... APA Heywood grounded during the Biak invasion IIRC and had 82 major flotation damage and after undergoing emergency repairs was ordered to move to Auckland to be repaired... as the chances to make it were very low anyway, I didn´t order an escort to accompy the ship and the number of IJN subs in this area are very very low anyway... nevertheless, after making nearly 3/4 of her Voyage, Heywood stumbles over an enemy sub and is sunk...
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TF 124 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
E Niizaki
PB Tokotsu Maru
3 mines cleared
enemy convoys have been passing through this hex to avoid our subs and Argonaut laid 60 mines here... no hits but 3 mines blown up by some escorts... sub mine laying hasn´t even been an annoyance in this PBEM...
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Sub attack near Taytay at 71,77
Japanese Ships
E Saga
E Shimakaze
PB Saiko Maru
PB Kenkon Maru
xAKL Uga Maru
xAKL Kidokawa Maru
xAKL Hanakawa Maru
xAKL Hakuyo Maru
xAKL Kurama Maru
E Hishu
E Nadakaze
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at E Saga
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub and abandons search
E Nadakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saga attacking submerged sub ....
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
why all these small freighters get such an escort is beyond me, must be a troop convoy I guess...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 79,84
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 27
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Morioka Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Ayo Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAK Hakodate Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
amazingly enough, after our PB4Y-1 were flying in low numbers against enemy convoys around Mindanao, Rainer has not decided to back out with this one asap and this time the bombers fly in big numbers and also locate the enemy convoy as this works just well if the convoy is in a base hex... this brings up the question why bombers "fail to link up" if they try to attack a convoy outside of a base hex but are able to link up with their formation if they attack a convoy in a base hex... probably all just chrome and I shouldn´t care about any messages... freighters are just sitting ducks if they´re attacked by low level bombing bombers in acceptable weather... no troop losses, so I´m not sure if the convoy was able to unload or if it was carrying supplies... this strike again was an argument for the Japanese not to move within Manado´s heavy bombers´ range...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 79,84
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 14
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Shimushu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
another strike flown in the afternoon, sinking another freighter and one of the damned E...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Butuan at 80,89
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
N1K1-J George x 8
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Asama Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Denmark Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Raid is overhead
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Raid is overhead
1/3 of the available USN patrol bombers attack another convoy in the area but this one is capped by a good dozen of useless Zekes but also 8 Georges which are quite feared by bomber crews... the bombers take losses but are able to score hits on two freighters sinking one for sure...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 79,84
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
E Mikura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
and another halve dozen attacks the convoy at Iloilo and puts more bombs into the sinking Nitiyo Maru but also two bombs into another E...
makes it five xAK and two E of this convoy today... good work... we lose a weekly bomber replacement but not without heavily hitting the enemy...
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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,66
Japanese Ships
E Ishinui
E No.8
Allied Ships
SS Tunny, hits 1
SS Tunny is located by E Ishinui
Tunny diving deep ....
E Ishinui attacking submerged sub ....
E No.8 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishinui attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub
glad No.8 wasn´t able to locate the sub...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1362 troops, 117 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 1431
Defending force 7789 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Australian Division
249th Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
4th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
97th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
12th Base Force
58th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit /1
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Submarine attack near Maryborough at 105,158
Japanese Ships
SS I-28
Allied Ships
APA Heywood, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
APA Heywood is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes
a pity... APA Heywood grounded during the Biak invasion IIRC and had 82 major flotation damage and after undergoing emergency repairs was ordered to move to Auckland to be repaired... as the chances to make it were very low anyway, I didn´t order an escort to accompy the ship and the number of IJN subs in this area are very very low anyway... nevertheless, after making nearly 3/4 of her Voyage, Heywood stumbles over an enemy sub and is sunk...
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TF 124 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
E Niizaki
PB Tokotsu Maru
3 mines cleared
enemy convoys have been passing through this hex to avoid our subs and Argonaut laid 60 mines here... no hits but 3 mines blown up by some escorts... sub mine laying hasn´t even been an annoyance in this PBEM...
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Sub attack near Taytay at 71,77
Japanese Ships
E Saga
E Shimakaze
PB Saiko Maru
PB Kenkon Maru
xAKL Uga Maru
xAKL Kidokawa Maru
xAKL Hanakawa Maru
xAKL Hakuyo Maru
xAKL Kurama Maru
E Hishu
E Nadakaze
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at E Saga
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub and abandons search
E Nadakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
E Saga attacking submerged sub ....
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Saga fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
why all these small freighters get such an escort is beyond me, must be a troop convoy I guess...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 79,84
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 27
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Morioka Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Ayo Maru, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAK Hakodate Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
10 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
amazingly enough, after our PB4Y-1 were flying in low numbers against enemy convoys around Mindanao, Rainer has not decided to back out with this one asap and this time the bombers fly in big numbers and also locate the enemy convoy as this works just well if the convoy is in a base hex... this brings up the question why bombers "fail to link up" if they try to attack a convoy outside of a base hex but are able to link up with their formation if they attack a convoy in a base hex... probably all just chrome and I shouldn´t care about any messages... freighters are just sitting ducks if they´re attacked by low level bombing bombers in acceptable weather... no troop losses, so I´m not sure if the convoy was able to unload or if it was carrying supplies... this strike again was an argument for the Japanese not to move within Manado´s heavy bombers´ range...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 79,84
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 14
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Shimushu, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
another strike flown in the afternoon, sinking another freighter and one of the damned E...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Butuan at 80,89
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 14
N1K1-J George x 8
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Asama Maru #2, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Denmark Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
8 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33000
Raid is overhead
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Raid is overhead
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Raid is overhead
1/3 of the available USN patrol bombers attack another convoy in the area but this one is capped by a good dozen of useless Zekes but also 8 Georges which are quite feared by bomber crews... the bombers take losses but are able to score hits on two freighters sinking one for sure...
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iloilo at 79,84
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 6
Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
xAK Nitiyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
E Mikura, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
and another halve dozen attacks the convoy at Iloilo and puts more bombs into the sinking Nitiyo Maru but also two bombs into another E...
makes it five xAK and two E of this convoy today... good work... we lose a weekly bomber replacement but not without heavily hitting the enemy...
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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,66
Japanese Ships
E Ishinui
E No.8
Allied Ships
SS Tunny, hits 1
SS Tunny is located by E Ishinui
Tunny diving deep ....
E Ishinui attacking submerged sub ....
E No.8 fails to find sub and abandons search
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishinui attacking submerged sub ....
E Ishinui attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub
glad No.8 wasn´t able to locate the sub...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1362 troops, 117 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 1431
Defending force 7789 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
2nd Australian Division
1st Australian Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
4th Australian Division
249th Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
4th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
97th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
12th Base Force
58th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit /1
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 39
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
we´re using B-25D1 in level bomber mode now since they´re not forced to the debatable working 100ft attacks anymore and have upgraded all USAAF frontline medium bomber squadrons (except those in Burma/Vietnam)... those in Burma/Vietnam will keep on flying B-25C until the pool has dried up, currently some 140 in the pool after upgrading all those squadrons... the USAAF medium bomber pilots are all trained to 70 lownav with low to high grd too but the focus for these squadrons is anti shipping (even though most of them will never ever see an enemy ship)...
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
N1K1-J George x 24
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 30
F4U-1A Corsair x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Raid is overhead
6 planes vectored on to bombers
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 13 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
17 planes vectored on to bombers
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 14 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
this was quite an interesting engagement because the Corsairs performed anormally well being on escort... needless to say, they had the dive which was more than surprising because they were outnumbered and were detected by radar...
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
N1K1-J George x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Raid is overhead
not much in the air the bombers have to fear...
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
N1K1-J George x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 7
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10
No Allied losses
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
the usual piece meal strikes... Allied heavy bombers can do this...
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
I really love the funny air routines... while the bombers with their escorts flew from Manado in the morning, the squadrons that were ordered to sweep from Manado didn´t fly... these squadrons then flew in the afternoon, as usual one by one... yeah, that´s realism... any brown nosers around?
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
all these Corsairs were coming from Manado...
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Afternoon Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
same as these...
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 20
F4U-1A Corsair x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
the bombers from Ambon were also not flying in the morning (due to weather) but came in with some escorts in the afternoon... the Japanese fighters on Cap really perform awfully today...
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
in total it was a clear victory for the Corsairs today, the first bomber waves took quite a toll though as they were coming from Boela at max range and we´ve lost quite a lot of them due to damage suffered over the target and the long range home... this will soon all become much better when Manado reaches level 9...
7 or 8:1 A2A for the Corsairs today, mostly during escort which is not normal for my fighters on escort, usually it´s better not to send escorts at all... that way we could wear down the enemy airforce over Mindanao at affordable losses...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36927 troops, 549 guns, 1055 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
Defending force 7124 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 144
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 1605
Japanese adjusted defense: 69
Allied assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kendari !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2007 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Assaulting units:
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
226th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
12th Base Force
58th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit /1
the Aussies take Kendari... and we´ll soon jump onto the West Coast to take the empty Wattambone, currently a size 1 port 0 airfield but got a potential of being built up to level 9 which is what we´re going to do as this airfield can guard our Western flank, is hard to bombard from the Sea without ending up in range of all my bombers and this airfield also threatens the Soerabaja area and all shipping moving along Borneo´s West Coast...
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 39
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
we´re using B-25D1 in level bomber mode now since they´re not forced to the debatable working 100ft attacks anymore and have upgraded all USAAF frontline medium bomber squadrons (except those in Burma/Vietnam)... those in Burma/Vietnam will keep on flying B-25C until the pool has dried up, currently some 140 in the pool after upgrading all those squadrons... the USAAF medium bomber pilots are all trained to 70 lownav with low to high grd too but the focus for these squadrons is anti shipping (even though most of them will never ever see an enemy ship)...
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
N1K1-J George x 24
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 30
F4U-1A Corsair x 26
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 6 destroyed, 14 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Raid is overhead
6 planes vectored on to bombers
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 13 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
17 planes vectored on to bombers
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 14 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 41000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
20 planes vectored on to bombers
this was quite an interesting engagement because the Corsairs performed anormally well being on escort... needless to say, they had the dive which was more than surprising because they were outnumbered and were detected by radar...
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
N1K1-J George x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 8 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Raid is overhead
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 77 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Raid is overhead
not much in the air the bombers have to fear...
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 2
N1K1-J George x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 7
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 10
No Allied losses
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 9 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
the usual piece meal strikes... Allied heavy bombers can do this...
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Morning Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
N1K1-J George x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
254 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
341 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41010
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
301 Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
I really love the funny air routines... while the bombers with their escorts flew from Manado in the morning, the squadrons that were ordered to sweep from Manado didn´t fly... these squadrons then flew in the afternoon, as usual one by one... yeah, that´s realism... any brown nosers around?
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
201 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 33000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
all these Corsairs were coming from Manado...
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Afternoon Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 13
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
same as these...
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 20
F4U-1A Corsair x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
202 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
the bombers from Ambon were also not flying in the morning (due to weather) but came in with some escorts in the afternoon... the Japanese fighters on Cap really perform awfully today...
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Butuan , at 80,89
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
in total it was a clear victory for the Corsairs today, the first bomber waves took quite a toll though as they were coming from Boela at max range and we´ve lost quite a lot of them due to damage suffered over the target and the long range home... this will soon all become much better when Manado reaches level 9...
7 or 8:1 A2A for the Corsairs today, mostly during escort which is not normal for my fighters on escort, usually it´s better not to send escorts at all... that way we could wear down the enemy airforce over Mindanao at affordable losses...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36927 troops, 549 guns, 1055 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
Defending force 7124 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 144
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 1605
Japanese adjusted defense: 69
Allied assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kendari !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2007 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 81 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (32 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Assaulting units:
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
1st USMC Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
226th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
12th Base Force
58th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit /1
the Aussies take Kendari... and we´ll soon jump onto the West Coast to take the empty Wattambone, currently a size 1 port 0 airfield but got a potential of being built up to level 9 which is what we´re going to do as this airfield can guard our Western flank, is hard to bombard from the Sea without ending up in range of all my bombers and this airfield also threatens the Soerabaja area and all shipping moving along Borneo´s West Coast...
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TF 202 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
AM Wa 107
AM Wa 106
9 mines cleared
a pity, Argonaut laid 60 MK12 mines at Legaspi but a TF with minesweepers passes through the hex... that´s it for the minefield...
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TF 202 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
AM Wa 107
AM Wa 106
15 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
301 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
the Lightning squadrons come in one by one as that´s how it´s designed, they aren´t detected by radar and dive on the enemy... massacre...
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet
CAP engaged:
25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 82 minutes
the single Tojo was sent home damaged... these fighters are leaking from Canton where the enemy has massed something like 80-100 fighters it seems, reason for this is unknown... as I´m not allowed to do any stratetig bombing in China I wouldn´t keep any aircraft there as the Japanese... the hr was meant differently but how I worded now means I´m not even allowed to bomb Chinese territory that was held by the Japanese at the outbreak of the war... you could argue if Shanghai for example was Chinese or Japanese on 12/7/41 but I did just let down and there won´t be any strategic bombing in "China"... so IMO there´s no need to have an enemy airforce in China either... but in a couple of weeks we´re going to get the first B-29 squadrons and these can reach Korea from my Chinese bases... [:D] this will then lead to either a dispersion of Japanese fighter strenght or the destruction of all strategic targets at Places like Port Arthur and further down the coast...
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 57
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 64th Infantry Group ...
Also attacking 12th Base Force ...
Also attacking 64th Infantry Group ...
Also attacking 12th Base Force ...
Also attacking 64th Infantry Group ...
Also attacking 12th Base Force ...
training raid...
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 11
PV-1 Ventura x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 54
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 54
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 7
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
3 lost fighters from each of the three attacking squadrons... the usual realistic strike that the biggest ego of computer game development of all times is thinking... yeah baby, THIS is realism!
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet
CAP engaged:
25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
and here´s the third squadron... three squadrons ordered to sweep from a level 9 airfield, each shows up alone and each loses 3 fighters on the way to target and this is happening in 95%+ of the time no matter what... with the dive, the Lightnings again shred the enemy at unbelievable rates... can go exactly the other way too though...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27514 troops, 450 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 1429
Defending force 5501 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
Allied adjusted assault: 512
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 73 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1119 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
I Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
249th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
12th Base Force
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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Kendari
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TF 202 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
AM Wa 107
AM Wa 106
9 mines cleared
a pity, Argonaut laid 60 MK12 mines at Legaspi but a TF with minesweepers passes through the hex... that´s it for the minefield...
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TF 202 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
AM Wa 107
AM Wa 106
15 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 5
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
301 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 38500
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
the Lightning squadrons come in one by one as that´s how it´s designed, they aren´t detected by radar and dive on the enemy... massacre...
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet
CAP engaged:
25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 35000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 82 minutes
the single Tojo was sent home damaged... these fighters are leaking from Canton where the enemy has massed something like 80-100 fighters it seems, reason for this is unknown... as I´m not allowed to do any stratetig bombing in China I wouldn´t keep any aircraft there as the Japanese... the hr was meant differently but how I worded now means I´m not even allowed to bomb Chinese territory that was held by the Japanese at the outbreak of the war... you could argue if Shanghai for example was Chinese or Japanese on 12/7/41 but I did just let down and there won´t be any strategic bombing in "China"... so IMO there´s no need to have an enemy airforce in China either... but in a couple of weeks we´re going to get the first B-29 squadrons and these can reach Korea from my Chinese bases... [:D] this will then lead to either a dispersion of Japanese fighter strenght or the destruction of all strategic targets at Places like Port Arthur and further down the coast...
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 10
PV-1 Ventura x 57
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 64th Infantry Group ...
Also attacking 12th Base Force ...
Also attacking 64th Infantry Group ...
Also attacking 12th Base Force ...
Also attacking 64th Infantry Group ...
Also attacking 12th Base Force ...
training raid...
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PV-1 Ventura x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PV-1 Ventura: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 12th Base Force, at 70,106 (Kendari)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 11
PV-1 Ventura x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 54
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 54
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 7
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 24
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 9
No Allied losses
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
3 lost fighters from each of the three attacking squadrons... the usual realistic strike that the biggest ego of computer game development of all times is thinking... yeah baby, THIS is realism!
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Morning Air attack on Wuchow , at 76,57
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet
CAP engaged:
25th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
and here´s the third squadron... three squadrons ordered to sweep from a level 9 airfield, each shows up alone and each loses 3 fighters on the way to target and this is happening in 95%+ of the time no matter what... with the dive, the Lightnings again shred the enemy at unbelievable rates... can go exactly the other way too though...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27514 troops, 450 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 1429
Defending force 5501 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
Allied adjusted assault: 512
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 73 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1119 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
1st Australian Division
2nd Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
I Australian Corps
134th Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
249th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
58th Field AA Battalion
12th Base Force
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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Kendari
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Can someone enlighten me why I should upgrade my Avengers to the 1C model? It is slower, got less range and is less maneuverable (don´t know if this matters at all). The only thing the new model is better is the gun value as it got 2 front firing cal.50 but I seriously doubt these are needed at all... so far I haven´t upgraded any of the squadrons and got enough bombers in the pool but there will be the time when the pool is going to dry up. What was the real life reason to come up with a new model or is it just the same aircraft built by another company with two mor cal.50 and therefor overall worse flight characteristics?
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Iirc, the pilots requested forward firing .50s for suppression/strafing purposes on attack runs.
RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 01, 44
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Submarine attack near Maryborough at 105,158
Japanese Ships
SS I-28
Allied Ships
APA Heywood, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
APA Heywood is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes
a pity... APA Heywood grounded during the Biak invasion IIRC and had 82 major flotation damage and after undergoing emergency repairs was ordered to move to Auckland to be repaired... as the chances to make it were very low anyway, I didn´t order an escort to accompy the ship and the number of IJN subs in this area are very very low anyway... nevertheless, after making nearly 3/4 of her Voyage, Heywood stumbles over an enemy sub and is sunk...
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TF 124 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
E Niizaki
PB Tokotsu Maru
3 mines cleared
enemy convoys have been passing through this hex to avoid our subs and Argonaut laid 60 mines here... no hits but 3 mines blown up by some escorts... sub mine laying hasn´t even been an annoyance in this PBEM...
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In my pbemail, Viperpol keep a nice minefield at Bativa. Normally, this would not present a problem except that any sub with a home base in India will automatically route home through Bativa rather than transit the shorter but more dangerous route through the Singapore Straights. So if I am not paying attention my RTB subs will run over the "known" minefield at Bativa. So far I have lost four subs this way.[:@]
Mines have not been dominant in our game but a lot of fun. I have done in about half a dozen Japanese subs and another 20 ships and boats. He has done some damage as well but the Allies get more mines to work with.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
TBM1C
(only from wikipedia though)
After hundreds of the original TBF-1 models were built, the TBF-1C began production. The allotment of space for specialized internal and wing-mounted fuel tanks doubled the Avenger's range. By 1943, Grumman began to slowly phase out production of the Avenger to produce F6F Hellcat fighters, and the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors took-over, with these aircraft being designated TBM. The Eastern Aircraft plant was located in North Tarrytown (re-named Sleepy Hollow in 1996), NY. Starting in mid-1944, the TBM-3 began production (with a more powerful powerplant and wing hardpoints for drop tanks and rockets). The dash-3 was the most numerous of the Avengers (with about 4,600 produced). However, most of the Avengers in service were dash-1s until near the end of the war (in 1945).
TBF-1CTBF-1 with provision for two 0.5 in (12.7 mm) wing guns and fuel capacity increased to 726 gal (2,748 l). (765 built)
TBM-1Cas TBF-1C. (2336 built)
From http://www.uboat.net/allies/aircraft/avenger.htm
The designation TBF-1B applied to 402 aircraft built for the Royal Navy, which the British initially called Tarpon T.R. Mark I, but later called Avenger T.R. Mark I. British Avengers were sometimes modified to British specification by Blackburn Aircraft, including the installation British oxygen systems and gunsights. The TBF-1C deleted the nose-mounted machine gun and, instead, mounted one 50 caliber weapon in each wing. This variant was plumbed to carry up to 391 gallons of additional fuel in auxiliary fuel tanks. Grumman built 764, while GM built 2,332 of their virtually identical TBM-1C.
From http://www.acepilots.com/planes/avenger.html
After several hundred of the original TBF-1 were built, a few critical changes were made in the next variant, the TBF-1C. The pilot's single fuselage-mounted .30 caliber machine gun was replaced by two wing-mounted .50 caliber guns. The turret was also equipped with a .50 caliber weapon. And provisions for an internal fuel tank in the bomb bay plus two wing tanks more than doubled the Avenger's fuel capacity, from 335 to 726 gallons. The TBM-3 had these same features.
(only from wikipedia though)
After hundreds of the original TBF-1 models were built, the TBF-1C began production. The allotment of space for specialized internal and wing-mounted fuel tanks doubled the Avenger's range. By 1943, Grumman began to slowly phase out production of the Avenger to produce F6F Hellcat fighters, and the Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors took-over, with these aircraft being designated TBM. The Eastern Aircraft plant was located in North Tarrytown (re-named Sleepy Hollow in 1996), NY. Starting in mid-1944, the TBM-3 began production (with a more powerful powerplant and wing hardpoints for drop tanks and rockets). The dash-3 was the most numerous of the Avengers (with about 4,600 produced). However, most of the Avengers in service were dash-1s until near the end of the war (in 1945).
TBF-1CTBF-1 with provision for two 0.5 in (12.7 mm) wing guns and fuel capacity increased to 726 gal (2,748 l). (765 built)
TBM-1Cas TBF-1C. (2336 built)
From http://www.uboat.net/allies/aircraft/avenger.htm
The designation TBF-1B applied to 402 aircraft built for the Royal Navy, which the British initially called Tarpon T.R. Mark I, but later called Avenger T.R. Mark I. British Avengers were sometimes modified to British specification by Blackburn Aircraft, including the installation British oxygen systems and gunsights. The TBF-1C deleted the nose-mounted machine gun and, instead, mounted one 50 caliber weapon in each wing. This variant was plumbed to carry up to 391 gallons of additional fuel in auxiliary fuel tanks. Grumman built 764, while GM built 2,332 of their virtually identical TBM-1C.
From http://www.acepilots.com/planes/avenger.html
After several hundred of the original TBF-1 were built, a few critical changes were made in the next variant, the TBF-1C. The pilot's single fuselage-mounted .30 caliber machine gun was replaced by two wing-mounted .50 caliber guns. The turret was also equipped with a .50 caliber weapon. And provisions for an internal fuel tank in the bomb bay plus two wing tanks more than doubled the Avenger's fuel capacity, from 335 to 726 gallons. The TBM-3 had these same features.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
Looking at this, the TBF-1 should have DT, and the normal range of the TBM1-C should be greater.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: crsutton
ORIGINAL: castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 01, 44
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Submarine attack near Maryborough at 105,158
Japanese Ships
SS I-28
Allied Ships
APA Heywood, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
APA Heywood is sighted by SS I-28
SS I-28 launches 6 torpedoes
a pity... APA Heywood grounded during the Biak invasion IIRC and had 82 major flotation damage and after undergoing emergency repairs was ordered to move to Auckland to be repaired... as the chances to make it were very low anyway, I didn´t order an escort to accompy the ship and the number of IJN subs in this area are very very low anyway... nevertheless, after making nearly 3/4 of her Voyage, Heywood stumbles over an enemy sub and is sunk...
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TF 124 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
E Niizaki
PB Tokotsu Maru
3 mines cleared
enemy convoys have been passing through this hex to avoid our subs and Argonaut laid 60 mines here... no hits but 3 mines blown up by some escorts... sub mine laying hasn´t even been an annoyance in this PBEM...
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In my pbemail, Viperpol keep a nice minefield at Bativa. Normally, this would not present a problem except that any sub with a home base in India will automatically route home through Bativa rather than transit the shorter but more dangerous route through the Singapore Straights. So if I am not paying attention my RTB subs will run over the "known" minefield at Bativa. So far I have lost four subs this way.[:@]
Mines have not been dominant in our game but a lot of fun. I have done in about half a dozen Japanese subs and another 20 ships and boats. He has done some damage as well but the Allies get more mines to work with.
I haven´t used Argonaut a lot but am doing an annoyance mission now and then, lately with some luck. I haven´t got a single sub in India, all my subs are either operating out of Adak or Darwin so mines at Batavia wouldn´t do my subs much harm. [:)] When I´ve lost Batavia in the game early on, there were still Dutch mines there and these took out three IJN subs passing through the hex though. [:D]
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: JeffK
Looking at this, the TBF-1 should have DT, and the normal range of the TBM1-C should be greater.
interesting info, thanks. I don´t see any reason to upgrade my bombers as the TBF is clearly the better choice in the game. On the other hand, Allied carrier strikes are hardcoded to max. 7 hexes anyway so at least the one hex shorter range wouldn´t matter. I just thought I would get a better bomber over the old one when a new model is available.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 04, 44
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TF 202 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
AM Wa 107
AM Wa 106
3 mines cleared
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *
CAP engaged:
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
we keep on putting pressure on Davao´s Cap in attacking leaking fighters... the Lightnings had the dive and performed quite well while halve of them were damaged... in total the Japanese achieved more hits but failed to actually down the robust Allied fighters...
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *
the strikes of course look as realistic as one could think of them... three squadrons, three sweeps, all three of them coming in with 18 instead of 25 aircraft... the rest of the squadrons didn´t fly at all today... no, they are not set to any other mission and no, the airfield isn´t overstacked...
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Sub attack near Moa at 74,118
Japanese Ships
SS RO-45, hits 6
Allied Ships
AM Motive
AM Sage
AM Revenge
LSD Gunston Hall
LSD Carter Hall
LSD Belle Grove
AM Oracle
AM Swallow
Captain of SS RO-45 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AM Oracle fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Motive fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Swallow attacking submerged sub ....
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the skipper decides not to attack and takes a beating in return... two hits but the sub seems to get away...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27492 troops, 450 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 1428
Defending force 3235 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Allied adjusted assault: 681
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 681 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3946 casualties reported
Squads: 311 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 271 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 43 (43 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
1st Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
134th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
97th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
and Kendari is finally cleared... we´ve destroyed quite a lot of enemy units but the Japanese are still far behind the Allied in points for ground losses, Allied 10000, Japanese 4000 which is quite amazing as we didn´t lose anything anormal...
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TF 202 encounters mine field at Legaspi (82,82)
Japanese Ships
AM Wa 107
AM Wa 106
3 mines cleared
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38J Lightning: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *
CAP engaged:
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
73rd Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
we keep on putting pressure on Davao´s Cap in attacking leaking fighters... the Lightnings had the dive and performed quite well while halve of them were damaged... in total the Japanese achieved more hits but failed to actually down the robust Allied fighters...
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *
CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 18
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 30000 feet *
the strikes of course look as realistic as one could think of them... three squadrons, three sweeps, all three of them coming in with 18 instead of 25 aircraft... the rest of the squadrons didn´t fly at all today... no, they are not set to any other mission and no, the airfield isn´t overstacked...
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Sub attack near Moa at 74,118
Japanese Ships
SS RO-45, hits 6
Allied Ships
AM Motive
AM Sage
AM Revenge
LSD Gunston Hall
LSD Carter Hall
LSD Belle Grove
AM Oracle
AM Swallow
Captain of SS RO-45 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AM Oracle fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Motive fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Swallow attacking submerged sub ....
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Swallow fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the skipper decides not to attack and takes a beating in return... two hits but the sub seems to get away...
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Ground combat at Kendari (70,106)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27492 troops, 450 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 1428
Defending force 3235 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Allied adjusted assault: 681
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 681 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3946 casualties reported
Squads: 311 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 271 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 43 (43 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
2nd Australian Division
1st Australian Division
767th Tank Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
4th Australian Division
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
134th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
I Australian Corps
97th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
255th USN Base Force
Defending units:
64th Infantry Group
and Kendari is finally cleared... we´ve destroyed quite a lot of enemy units but the Japanese are still far behind the Allied in points for ground losses, Allied 10000, Japanese 4000 which is quite amazing as we didn´t lose anything anormal...
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
I'll set another possible observation.
Do strikes come from airfields in the same sequence, eg always from base 1, then base 2, then base 3.
Playing the Downfall scenario and getting the full Kamikaze blitz, I believe that on 2-3 consecutive days the same base flew the last mission, and with the previous 2-3000 sorties wearing out the CAP & AAA ammo got a clear run on my shipping. Now if you loaded up this airfield you could be very effective ( I sent in 5-600 B29 at 5000ft)
Do strikes come from airfields in the same sequence, eg always from base 1, then base 2, then base 3.
Playing the Downfall scenario and getting the full Kamikaze blitz, I believe that on 2-3 consecutive days the same base flew the last mission, and with the previous 2-3000 sorties wearing out the CAP & AAA ammo got a clear run on my shipping. Now if you loaded up this airfield you could be very effective ( I sent in 5-600 B29 at 5000ft)
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
ORIGINAL: JeffK
I'll set another possible observation.
Do strikes come from airfields in the same sequence, eg always from base 1, then base 2, then base 3.
Playing the Downfall scenario and getting the full Kamikaze blitz, I believe that on 2-3 consecutive days the same base flew the last mission, and with the previous 2-3000 sorties wearing out the CAP & AAA ammo got a clear run on my shipping. Now if you loaded up this airfield you could be very effective ( I sent in 5-600 B29 at 5000ft)
instead of having all strikes on the same base, I often try to spread them out over several bases. Funny as it is, you got more chances to see more squadron coming in at the same time if you use several bases, with different ranges and different directions to target than if you have them all at a fully built up and supported airfield complex. That´s how it is by design. Looks funny if you then see a "coordinated" strike with 7 or 8 of these strike lines going to a target. The more you deliberately try to screw up things, the better results you get in the end.
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RE: AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 05, 44
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Submarine attack near Damar at 75,113
Japanese Ships
SS I-39, hits 35, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Columbia
CL Cleveland
DD Caperton
DD Picking
DD Isherwood
DD Erben
DD Dyson
SS I-39 is sighted by escort
DD Picking fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isherwood attacking submerged sub ....
DD Erben fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dyson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isherwood fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Erben attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-39 forced to surface!
DD Erben firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Isherwood firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Isherwood firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Erben firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Isherwood firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Erben firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
the carriers have left Darwin again and promptly run over an enemy sub which gets sunk by the escorts... the sub wasn´t even able to indentify any of the carriers... my subs really got a hard life but IJN subs are dead as soon as they leave port...
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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
xAK Tatuno Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Wa 105
xAK Turuga Maru
xAK Taketoyo Maru
PB Atsu Maru
SC CHa-8
Allied Ships
SS Herring
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tatuno Maru
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
hitting a troop transport is always nice...
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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
xAK Tatuno Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Atsu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Herring
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tatuno Maru
Herring diving deep ....
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
putting another two torps into the sinking ship...
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ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 70,76
Japanese Ships
E No.1
E No.10
E No.9
Allied Ships
SS Parche, hits 27, on fire, heavy damage
SS Parche is located by E No.1
Parche diving deep ....
E No.10 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.9 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.10 attacking submerged sub ....
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!
Escort abandons search for sub
SS Parche is sunk by the newly arrived super E... no chance against these ASW 14 vessels... received some very much appreciated info about the ASW mortar having wrong ratings for these vessels but all I see are DC hits and these are actually sinking or heavily damaging my subs... have done some more tests and these also show the DC hitting the subs and due to being told I shouldn´t believe the messages I´ve modded one of these E classes in a test scenario (only removed the ASW mortar with the wrong data base values) after doing 25 test runs with the default E before... well, without the ASW mortar these E still sink subs like wild, they usually only need two or three attempts and a sub is sunk if you encounter a 4 ship ASW TF... and besides the sunk subs you end up with a hell a lot heavily damaged subs and this is done by their 12 DC mount... like I´ve said earlier, IMO the ships look historical correct but their performance is far from what the Japanese were able to do with them because otherwise the USN subs would all have been sunk in 44 just like the Kriegsmarine subs in the Atlantic... either it was the low experience of the crews in real life, the non existing or non working sonar or whatever but these ships weren´t ten times more effective than IJN DD or comparable to USN or British DD in ASW... it´s good for the game as it surely is a big morale boost for the Japanese player if he starts sinking subs everywhere as soon as he fields enough of these ASW 14 E in 44 but it is not historical correct... and I am not talking about how these vessels look like or how they are used, I´m talking about the performance of these ships while having 20-30 less experience than IJN DD... as the DD or other ships performance seems to be ok, you can´t just mod the depthcharges and give them lower accuracy or something like that because this then would make all other IJN ships near completely useless but having these E with a 12 DC mount (plus a single mount and an ASW mortar) really makes them killers comparable to Allied frontline DD...
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
not enough leaking out of Davao...
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ASW attack near Torishima at 107,67
Japanese Ships
E Mutsure
E Iki
E Amakusa
Allied Ships
SS Tullibee, hits 6
SS Tullibee is sighted by escort
E Iki attacking submerged sub ....
E Amakusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Iki attacking submerged sub ....
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Iki attacking submerged sub ....
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the "old" E classes are a pain but they are by far not the killers the new ones are... and so far the most subs were sunk by "old" E... this one takes 20 sys 40 flt...
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Submarine attack near Damar at 75,113
Japanese Ships
SS I-39, hits 35, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Columbia
CL Cleveland
DD Caperton
DD Picking
DD Isherwood
DD Erben
DD Dyson
SS I-39 is sighted by escort
DD Picking fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isherwood attacking submerged sub ....
DD Erben fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Dyson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isherwood fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Erben attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-39 forced to surface!
DD Erben firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Isherwood firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Isherwood firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Erben firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Isherwood firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Erben firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dyson firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Picking firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
the carriers have left Darwin again and promptly run over an enemy sub which gets sunk by the escorts... the sub wasn´t even able to indentify any of the carriers... my subs really got a hard life but IJN subs are dead as soon as they leave port...
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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
xAK Tatuno Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Wa 105
xAK Turuga Maru
xAK Taketoyo Maru
PB Atsu Maru
SC CHa-8
Allied Ships
SS Herring
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tatuno Maru
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
hitting a troop transport is always nice...
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Sub attack near Torishima at 109,68
Japanese Ships
xAK Tatuno Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Atsu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Herring
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS Herring launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tatuno Maru
Herring diving deep ....
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Atsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
putting another two torps into the sinking ship...
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ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 70,76
Japanese Ships
E No.1
E No.10
E No.9
Allied Ships
SS Parche, hits 27, on fire, heavy damage
SS Parche is located by E No.1
Parche diving deep ....
E No.10 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.9 fails to find sub and abandons search
E No.10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.10 attacking submerged sub ....
Sounds of submarine breaking up detected!
Escort abandons search for sub
SS Parche is sunk by the newly arrived super E... no chance against these ASW 14 vessels... received some very much appreciated info about the ASW mortar having wrong ratings for these vessels but all I see are DC hits and these are actually sinking or heavily damaging my subs... have done some more tests and these also show the DC hitting the subs and due to being told I shouldn´t believe the messages I´ve modded one of these E classes in a test scenario (only removed the ASW mortar with the wrong data base values) after doing 25 test runs with the default E before... well, without the ASW mortar these E still sink subs like wild, they usually only need two or three attempts and a sub is sunk if you encounter a 4 ship ASW TF... and besides the sunk subs you end up with a hell a lot heavily damaged subs and this is done by their 12 DC mount... like I´ve said earlier, IMO the ships look historical correct but their performance is far from what the Japanese were able to do with them because otherwise the USN subs would all have been sunk in 44 just like the Kriegsmarine subs in the Atlantic... either it was the low experience of the crews in real life, the non existing or non working sonar or whatever but these ships weren´t ten times more effective than IJN DD or comparable to USN or British DD in ASW... it´s good for the game as it surely is a big morale boost for the Japanese player if he starts sinking subs everywhere as soon as he fields enough of these ASW 14 E in 44 but it is not historical correct... and I am not talking about how these vessels look like or how they are used, I´m talking about the performance of these ships while having 20-30 less experience than IJN DD... as the DD or other ships performance seems to be ok, you can´t just mod the depthcharges and give them lower accuracy or something like that because this then would make all other IJN ships near completely useless but having these E with a 12 DC mount (plus a single mount and an ASW mortar) really makes them killers comparable to Allied frontline DD...
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Dadjangas , at 78,93
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
CAP engaged:
S-601 Hikotai with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 41000 , scrambling fighters to 26000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
not enough leaking out of Davao...
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ASW attack near Torishima at 107,67
Japanese Ships
E Mutsure
E Iki
E Amakusa
Allied Ships
SS Tullibee, hits 6
SS Tullibee is sighted by escort
E Iki attacking submerged sub ....
E Amakusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Iki attacking submerged sub ....
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Iki attacking submerged sub ....
E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
the "old" E classes are a pain but they are by far not the killers the new ones are... and so far the most subs were sunk by "old" E... this one takes 20 sys 40 flt...