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Aircraft in Darwin

The Solomons....

Burma/Eastern India....

Russia....

AP Chaumont with parts of Americal Div sunk 100 miles east of Suva. TF will put into Suva until adequate escort is available for move to Noumea.

SS I-80 sunk north of Tricomolee

ASW attack at 17,23

Japanese Ships
SS I-80, hits 12, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DE Jasmine
DE Cyclamen
DE Genista
DE Fritillary
DD Panther
DD Pakenham
DD Stronghold

IJN CVs moved further south than I expected and hit shipping in Tjilitjap

Day Air attack on TF, near Tjilitjap at 19,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 43
D3A Val x 43
B5N Kate x 17

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
AP Meigs, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Ormiston, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

Both vessels sink

I have identified the carriers

Day Air attack on TF at 23,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46

Allied aircraft
Hawk 75A x 6
Hurricane II x 9
Martin 139 x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hawk 75A: 6 destroyed
Hurricane II: 7 destroyed
Martin 139: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Zuiho
CV Shokaku

I am considering moving my carriers in if this forces continues south
See map below

It is now April 5.

Russia is starting to bend under the strain.

Palembang fell 2 days ago.

A carrier TF disappeared into the Indian Ocean 2 days ago and showed up off of Trincomolee today. See attached map. Columbo is empty save 1 squadron of fighters and ground units. My damaged BB and carrier are in Columbo under as much air cover as I could gather. There were 4 squadrons of hurris on Ceylon prior to the carrier disappearence. I moved in more immediately.

There is a small transport TF moving toward Java. I have moved 120 or so aircraft on rest in Northern Austrailia back to Batavia and Sorejaba. We will see if the rest helped any.

My subs had some success today:

Sub attack at 24,57

Japanese Ships
AP Konan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Taiko Maru
PG Okuyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXV

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 30,50

Japanese Ships
AK Yuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
ML Hoko

Allied Ships
SS O24

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported

As did the AVG

Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 72
Ki-21 Sally x 72

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 9
P-40B Tomahawk x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 11 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 26 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 5 destroyed, 9 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 11 destroyed, 21 damaged





Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29

The situation in the DEI

The April 6 turn went well also. Moving rested air power back in to Java suprised Terminus a little, I think

Of course this will most likely generate a response in the form of heavy air raids. However, my units have achieved moderate success.

Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 9
A-20B Boston x 37


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD APD-39
DD Michishio
DD Shiratsuyu
AK Arimasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1
CL Isuzu
AP Haguro Maru
PG Kiso Maru
DD Asashio
AP Eihuku Maru

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported


Day Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 25,58


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Hudson I x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kiyama Maru, Bomb hits 1
AK Sagara Maru

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet
2 x Hudson I bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 20,55


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5
A-20B Boston x 32


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
A-20B Boston: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Haguro Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu, Bomb hits 1
APD APD-39
AK Awazisan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Michishio

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
1 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
4 x A-20B Boston bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Pontianak at 25,58


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 6
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kiyama Maru
AP Konan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kofuku Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet
3 x Hudson I bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Blenheim IV bombing at 3000 feet
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Sub attack near Morotai at 43,68

Japanese Ships
AP Chowa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
MSW W.16
MSW W.15
MSW W.2

Allied Ships
SS S-35, hits 3

The S-35 took light damage (sys 12) and is moving to patrol further east.

I am learning - do not leave your subs in one place too long.

Also Betties based in Wake have bombed Midawy.

I will post some maps for this one.

The Midway Raid:

Any idea where his next major attack will be Bruce?

No. 1 group of carriers just left the Indian Ocean (sinking only 2 transports) and 1 group is in the north Pacific having just raided a Soviet base on Shakalin(sp?).

He needs to hit Java soon, I think.

He has finally made some air raids on Port Moresby.

We have progressed to April 13. I will update tomorrow.

It seems that you are doing a great job Bruce. It looks like Terminus is well behind schedule...I would be nervous about that if I was him.

He is about to take Petrolvask. This is close to the Aleutians. I will need to move ground and air to Dutch Island, Kodiak and Anchorage.

Maps to follow (right after dinner[8D])

The game has progressed to April 14.
An invasion TF will land in Petropavlask tomorrow. An IJN base here will threaten the Aleutians.

I still hold all of Java.

I have a very large naval force in Northern Austrailian waters.

A raid on Amboina is planned before he can move in air units.

B24Ds in Darwin have raided Amboina twice. Air strength there is still weak.

Really like the 'radar' style highlighting of forces on your maps!

Roger

Me too. If you have time please could you say how you do it and which tools you need to produce such great maps? I have been tempted to do an AAR but know creating an excellent one with maps like these is a bit beyond me.

I am amazed he did not isolate Java by landing on Timor and Bali. It would have made it impossible for you to get the shorter legged bombers and fighters back in.

I use PhotoshopElements. It is much cheaper than Photoshop (about 25 percent of the price). I use the layers feature to overlay the maps with arrows, comments and special effects. I then save the file as a JPEG at about level 4. This has never gone over the size limits.

I have a large naval force headed towards Amboina.

If the SC task forces can remain hidden for 48 hours I will bombard.

Aircraft in Kendari Menado and Bulla are on naval search.

Also the carriers near Petrovlask have not moved closer to invade. See previous North Pacific map. Was this a trap to try and draw my carriers north?

All of his other carriers have disappeared.