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Day Air attack on TF at 73,62 Day one PM strike
Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 7 Defenders from AV
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Kogi Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
PC Hachijo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Akashisan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AV Kimikawa Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Keinan Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 73,62 Day one PM strike
Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 7
Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 8
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 33
TBD Devastator x 18
Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
MSW Keinan Maru, on fire, heavy damage
PC Hachijo, on fire, heavy damage
AV Kimikawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yoshino Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW Choyo Maru #2, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Chitose Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Toko Maru #2, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kogi Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 73,62 Day one PM strike
Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 2
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 5
SBD Dauntless x 34
TBD Devastator x 18
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Fukeui Maru #7, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kogi Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Toko Maru #2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AV Kimikawa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Fuji Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Keinan Maru, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kunashiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Chicago Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ishigaki
MSW Choyo Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 73,62 Day one PM strike
Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 2
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
TBD Devastator x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 5 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
PC Ishigaki This ship is the only survivor
MSW Fukeui Maru #7, on fire, heavy damage
AP Toko Maru #2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chicago Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 71,63 Day 2 AM strike
Allied aircraft
F2A Buffalo x 9
F4F-3 Wildcat x 14
SBD Dauntless x 100
TBD Devastator x 50
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Akashisan Maru, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Yoshino Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kunashiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Hachijo, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Fuji Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
In the Phillipines PT boats from Manila tangle with PC's outside the harbor and machine gun a couple on fire, and PT boats from Tarakan hit jolo and sink a MSW.
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Night Time Surface Combat at 42,52
Japanese Ships
MSW W.9
PG Akitsu Maru, Shell hits 3
PG Chiyo Maru
PC Kyo Maru #2, Shell hits 6, on fire
PC Kyo Maru #12, Shell hits 5, on fire
PC Shonan Maru #1, Shell hits 3
Allied Ships
PT PT-34
PT PT-35
PT PT-41
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 39,59
Japanese Ships
DD Arashio
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1
DD Ikazuchi
MSW W.7
MSW W.16, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PC Shonan Maru #17
Allied Ships
PT TM-4
PT TM-5
PT TM-7
PT TM-8, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT TM-9
PT TM-10
PT TM-11
PT TM-12
PT TM-13
PT TM-14
PT TM-15
On land in PI, Naga is still clear and the jungle is quiet there. Clark gets assaulted but is 0-1 so our troops are better then a couple of days ago.
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Ground combat at Clark Field
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 51595 troops, 453 guns, 155 vehicles, Assault Value = 784
Defending force 42266 troops, 216 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 996
Japanese max assault: 763 - adjusted assault: 175
Allied max defense: 1057 - adjusted defense: 519
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese ground losses:
1970 casualties reported
Guns lost 63
Vehicles lost 12
Allied ground losses:
749 casualties reported
Guns lost 22
Vehicles lost 4
Also in the southern Island two more bases fall
Japanese forces CAPTURE Cotabato base !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Butuan base !!!
In China, Canton holds and will hold
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Ground combat at Canton
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 75975 troops, 570 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 905
Defending force 47797 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1370
Japanese max assault: 550 - adjusted assault: 203
Allied max defense: 1400 - adjusted defense: 1941
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
3055 casualties reported
Guns lost 54
Vehicles lost 4
Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
In South Pacific Rabaul suffers two deliberate attacks and will not last another day, here is the second day assault
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Ground combat at Rabaul
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5446 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 280
Defending force 2506 troops, 26 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 38
Japanese max assault: 131 - adjusted assault: 83
Allied max defense: 35 - adjusted defense: 23 [:(]
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1
On the sub front after a week or more with no success the british DD group bags another sub, of the 5 japanese subs sunk, these guys claim 4 of them.
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ASW attack at 17,59
Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Sinks
Allied Ships
DD Express
DD Jupiter
DD Vendetta
DD Vampire
DD Electra
Here is a picture of my CV's deep into Japanese shipping lanes, the TF to south is only the surviving PC, and the one to the west reports as 1 AK, but a speed of 20 Knots tells me different.
