Defeat disease: Bombur vs. Nik 42A Nik mod 5.0

[Nikademus]

Chennault was reportedly unhappy with the 1.75:1 exchange rate being traded over Canton thx in large part to the appearance of the new fighter plane which appears able to take hits much better than the typical japanese fighters being engaged. Despite the heavy losses and slightly unfavorable exchange rate, the AVG is still intact with 50 pilots still on the roster, a mixture of elite veterans and still slightly green up and comings. A request was put in to Washington for newer and more powerful P40E fighters. Its felt that the increased firepower of the E varient will help turn the tide against the new enemy fighter plane.

In New Guneau, veteran enemy pilots in Type 0 aircraft continue to give trouble for the green pilots of no's 75 and 76 squadrons. They are protecting the bombers but at heavy cost. Action plans are being studied to rememdy this situation

[Bombur]

.......both in China and New Guinea. The imperialists are licking their wounds from the last two days. Meanwhile, Ki-21´s reported slight fighter opposition over Sian, however, the slower enemy fighters had some trouble in catching up with our bombers.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/12/42

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/13/42


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Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 17
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 3 damaged


Resources hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
11 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

[Bombur]

No combat for today, however, Japanese recon planes noticed light surface units entering PM harbour. That finding resulted in some controversy among Japanese Naval leaders

1-Yamaguchi-Let´s send Kido Butai to sink them
2-Nagumo-No, it´s probably a trap, they want to "Midway" us, probably there will be Carriers in the vicinity, ready to take us by surprise before we can launch
3-Tanaka-No need to use KB. With a few DD´s and our Long Lance torpedoes, we can defeat them easily
4-Yamamoto-Isn´t only another run by the Washington express?
5-Tanaka, Yamaguchi and Nagumo- What is Washington express?


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/14/42

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TF 1036 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

Allied Ships
MSW Skylark

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/15/42


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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 22


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 47,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

[Nikademus]

Pick #2

[:D]

[Speedysteve]

You need to have CV's Nik to carry this out numb nutz

[Nikademus]

I have CV's Brit Boyee.

with superior American technology!

[Speedysteve]

Fanboy. You can't even leave the Fulmars on there.......P.S. Our armoured decks rule

[Nikademus]

what? the Funky Fulmar.....might as well go with the screwy Skua too!

[Speedysteve]

Our Skua's rock too

[Nikademus]

you mean they drop like rocks when hit by enemy fighters...

[Speedysteve]

Nonsense. They are immune to the Jap crap that they are potentially up against

[Nikademus]

Fulmar - Light up a fag and relax while your mount gets lit up.

[Nikademus]

Skua - A Zeros worst nightmare if it was running out of gas and the pilot suffered from eye strain.

[Speedysteve]

Zero's are irrelevant

[Nikademus]

Insufficient Citation.

please cite the specific Zero mark, year of build and the factory of origin.

[Bombur]

....said COL Ogawa, commander of the 77th Sentai, based in Mandalay, after his planes shot down 15 P-40´s with the loss of only 4 Oscars in the one of the biggest air raids seen over Mandalay. His squadron also claimed one B-25. Overall losses for the allies were close to 30, against 10 for Japan. Meanwhile, planes based on Haiphong attack the Nanning airfield again. The retreat of the already mentioned surface units from PM points to another Washighton express run.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/16/42

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TF 1026 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

Allied Ships
MSW Lark

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TF 1026 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (53,91)

Allied Ships
MSW Lark

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Day Air attack on Nanning , at 40,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 21
Ki-21 Sally x 27
Ki-48 Lily x 27
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
-The Japanese suffered no losses, but one pilot commited suicide due to the poor results of his squadron. It should be noticed that I-16´s ran from the battle as soon they saw our planes

Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
20 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
5 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
9 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 52

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 57
B-25C Mitchell x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 12 destroyed, 32 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 19 damaged
(Another fighter group that goes....)
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 17000 feet
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 17000 feet
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Day Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 47,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/17/42


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Sub attack at 28,27

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
AK Empire Success, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (SANK!!!!)
MSW Patna

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ASW attack at 28,27

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
MSW Patna

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Day Air attack on Nanning , at 40,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-48 Lily x 19
Ki-15 Babs x 2

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
(Another Zero pilot lost.....)
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
16 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 44

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged
(B-25 crews, wisely, dropped their bombs over the jungle and fled to the relative security of their bases, not a good turn for allied morale....)[:D]
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Day Air attack on 18th Division, at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
(The Oscars still found some time to hunt some tar...I mean, Hurricanes)

Japanese ground losses:
2 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
9 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

[Nikademus]

HEY! Oscars are only supposed to work well when I'M commanding them. Otherwise they are designed to be crap.

[:@]

damn 64th Sentai......added to the LIST

[Bombur]

-Actually, Nik is an Oscar fanboy[:D], many of the changes he did in his mod had the objective of improving the plane. I think it worked well, however, the Oscar have a somewhat irregular performance, sometimes they each P-40´s for lunch, in other occasions, they are shot down like flies. Overall, the Oscar performance is more realistic than in the stock scenario.
-Btw, did the Oscar have defective propellers too???

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/18/42

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Day Air attack on Nanning , at 40,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-48 Lily x 22
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 3 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
72 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
14 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/19/42


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Day Air attack on Nanning , at 40,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Allied aircraft
I-16c x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
I-16c: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
19 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
4 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 15000 feet
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Day Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 47,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet

[Nikademus]

There's a lot of variability built into the game's engine. Its nice to see the Falcon preforming like a fighter if nothing else.

[Bombur]

Agressive sweeps by the Zuikaku air group, over PM, resulted in 26 obsolete enemy fighters being shot down, in exchange for 6 A6M2. The loss of experienced pilots was, however, a big blow to the EII-B Daitai.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/20/42

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 24
P-39D Airacobra x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed, 5 damaged

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Day Air attack on 57th Chinese Corps, at 47,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/21/42


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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 6 destroyed, 6 damaged