But a good point indeed.
I didn't plan on stayin in Northern Oz any longer than ~43; already July so we should start thinking about
how to organize ourselves in the region with the Allies building bases in the Gulf or Carpataria.
- In due time Darwin becomes untenable and I don't plan on getting trapped there.
Upgraded a Rufe unit to the Rex float fighter this turn.
Don't have that many of them and after converting the CS and upgrading Rufes to Zero's we only got 2x9 squadrons; one which upgrades to A6M5.
Plan is to place the Rex in AV's to protect against enemy naval bombers or on small bases without airfields.
Utterly unimportant in the big picture but it's nice to have toys [;)]
I'm still musing over how many air units and support I should divert to the line islands.
We can cause heavy losses to enemy CAGs here but we need a truly strong force to be able to do it.
Our sweeps didn't find a single enemy fighter in the air...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 09, 43
Air Combat
Morning Air attack on Akyab , at 54,45
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Kalemyo , at 59,42
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 3
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 12
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 5
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 61
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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 9
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 12
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20
No Japanese losses
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 109
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIb Sally bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Rex
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