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Makes me wonder if Nik wants to beat me on operational losses points (btw, Japan lost 2 planes to flak and more 3 operational. Nik lost a Hurricane and a Lysander destroyed in the ground, it seems he concluded it´s better to keep Hurricanes in their hangars than to deploy them against Zeros....)


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/25/42

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Day Air attack on Kohima , at 34,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-48 Lily x 27
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
13 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 56,94


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 14
Kittyhawk I x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/26/42


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Day Air attack on Kohima , at 34,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 21
Ki-48 Lily x 25
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
8 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 18000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 56,94


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 14
Kittyhawk I x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 56,94


Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 9
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
9 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 38,37

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 36

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 15000 feet
18 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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

Gave the boys the day off.....while they retool with newer Hurricanes! [:D]

-A completely unexpected setback happened to the Japanese naval aviation yesterday. As our search planes localized a big enemy fleet approaching Gilli Gilli, including at least one Yorktown class CV, plans were drawn to engage the enemy ships with long range twin engine bombers escorted by Zeros. As the enemy finally reached Gilli gilli, at least 50 Zeros and 70 Nells and Betties were launched. What followed was a bloody air battle in which the Japanese took heavy losses. The Zeros, flying at low altitude and spped to protect the bombers, were easy preys for the enemy F4F´s, which outnumbered the Japanese fighters from 2:1 to 4:1. Furthermore, the long range attacks were uncoordinated and some waves of bombers reached the targets with few escorts or no escorts at all. In the end, no less than 21 Zeros and 25 bombers were lost. No enemy ship was hit.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/27/42

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ASW attack at 64,44

Japanese Ships
DD Yukaze
PC Ch 14
PG Ikunta Maru
PC Ch 18
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16

Allied Ships
SS Drum, hits 4

Another enemy sub hit by our powerful ASW forces!!!!
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Day Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 56,94


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 13
Kittyhawk I x 9


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 56,94


Allied aircraft
B-17C Fortress x 12
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
12 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 57,96

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
G3M Nell x 9
G4M1 Betty x 19

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 30
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise
CA San Francisco
CV Hornet

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet

-The sacrifice of our Zeros allowed almost all the bombers to attack, only two bombers fell to enemy fighters.
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Day Air attack on TF at 57,96

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16
G3M Nell x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 34
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed
G3M Nell: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 damaged

-Horrendous performance of the A6M2 at long range attack (this happened at 540 miles from Rabaul)
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Day Air attack on TF at 57,96

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 34
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Esperance Bay

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 57,96

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 11

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 34
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 damaged

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/28/42


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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Coastal Guns at Gili Gili, 56,94, firing at TF 1013
TF 1013 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94


4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
MSW Colac


Allied ground losses:
663 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Gili Gili

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2032 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 3443 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Few action this turn. Enemy LB-30´s bombed Mandalay, destroying 8 planes in the ground. Our Oscar pilots attempted to invite them to vacations in our resorts but the enemy crews kindly declined[:D]. Hopefully, they will change their minds latter...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/29/42

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TF 1013 troops unloading over beach at Gili Gili, 56,94



Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/30/42


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ASW attack at 60,82

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Yamagumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio

Allied Ships
SS Greenling, hits 2

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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 36
IL-4c x 7


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
3 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 12
LB-30 Liberator x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
24 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 17000 feet
11 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 17000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 56,94


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 14
Kittyhawk I x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet

-And Yamamoto really wants to know why the CV´s failed to intervene.....meanwhile, the Chinese AF is starting a strategic bombing campaign against Hanoi. May ends and Japan seems to have lost the initiative....

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/31/42

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Naval bombardment of Gili Gili, at 56,94

Allied Ships
DD Walke
CA Australia
CA Chicago
DD Farragut
CL Enterprise
CL Hobart
DD Vendetta
DD Voyager
DD Le Triomphant
DD Arunta
DD Parrott
CA Canberra

Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported

Port hits 1

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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 32
IL-4c x 6


No Allied losses

Resources hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
3 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kure 5th SNLF, at 56,94


Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 14
Kittyhawk I x 9
B-26B Marauder x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
21 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Gili Gili

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3746 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1608 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Gili Gili base !!!



Allied ground losses:
73 casualties reported
Guns lost 3


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/01/42


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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37


Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 28
IL-4c x 9


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 damaged

Resources hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
3 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet

Well i wouldn't go so far as to say that Japan has lost the initiative. She has meerly suffered a setback..a minor base taken with a weak SNLF force repulsed by strong Allied forces. Rabaul suffered a reverse similar to what happened historically but the losses can be replaced. Japan still has a quantitive and qualitive edge in carriers. Taking PM will be more of a challenge now though.......to quote Naturo...."Believe it!"

[:D]

Well i wouldn't go so far as to say that Japan has lost the initiative. She has meerly suffered a setback..a minor base taken with a weak SNLF force repulsed by strong Allied forces. Rabaul suffered a reverse similar to what happened historically but the losses can be replaced. Japan still has a quantitive and qualitive edge in carriers. Taking PM will be more of a challenge now though.......to quote Naturo...."Believe it!"

-Well, it seems our propaganda machines exchanged places[:D]. That´s because I´m a Betty (and Nell) fanboy, and losing my twin engine bombers makes me somewhat depressed.....[:(]
-Well, reports for the turn. Few combat. IJN ASW is hunting enemy subs and placed a few depth charges in Greeling, uncertain about the extent of damage caused by there was at least one penetrating hit and several near misses. An attempt to bombard Gilli Gilli in order to get some revenge from its loss gave mixed results, as enemy B-26´s attacked or battleships. The fast bombardment TF cancelled its mission while the slower battleships were able to cause some destruction. Nagato and Kongo hits by 500lbs bombs that caused almost no damage. One B-26 was lost. Meanwhile, the AVG again appeared over Hanoi, escorting Il-4´s. This time there was a A6M2 Datai and a Ki-43 Chutai to defend the city. Seven P-40´s, five A6M2 and 4 Oscars lost. No Il-4 was shot down.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/02/42

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Naval bombardment of Gili Gili, at 56,94

Japanese Ships
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Yudachi
DD Harusame
DD Yamagumo
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Takao
BB Ise
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
338 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 7

Well, better than nothing (sigh.....)
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ASW attack at 60,82

Japanese Ships
DD Uranami
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Greenling, hits 4

(3 Near misses and one penetrating hit)
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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 26
IL-4c x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged

Resources hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
4 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 56,89


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 9
B-26B Marauder x 22


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Yudachi
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Sag Sag at 57,88


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 4


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Sag Sag at 57,88


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 4
B-26B Marauder x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 13 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 2
BB Haruna

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 5000 feet
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ASW attack at 60,82

Japanese Ships
DD Uranami
DD Wakaba
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Greenling, hits 1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/03/42


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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 20
IL-4c x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 damaged
IL-4c: 9 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet
4 x IL-4c bombing at 12000 feet

-A bad day for the Japanese flyers, depite the damage, all the Il-4´s survived the trip back to home....
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Day Air attack on 80th Chinese Corps, at 46,35

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-15 Babs x 1

No Japanese losses

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

yes well at least a good number of your pilots probably lived since you were fighting over your base. Me....I lost all seven pilots. [X(]

If i'd known you were going to send BB's for a revenge bombardment so soon, i would have left my carriers lurking around to give you a suprise. rats! [:D]

Scenario restarted due to the pilot bug. We will use v5.0 and I will start another AAR.