From here to...well...it SEEMS like an eternity

[Cap Mandrake]

not yet...

[Moondawggie]

If I only knew how sanding off tire treads could help the M&M Financial Improvement Effort...I'm waiting anxiously for the next chapter!
 
Great writing, as usual [&o]  But if Al Gore reads this, you're history.
 
What's Milo up to with the cooling angle?  Planning to open up a market selling "Global cooling credits?"   

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One year of war

[bobogoboom]

wow how is john able to withstand those a2a loses.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: bobogoboom

wow how is john able to withstand those a2a loses.

I think he is one of those production magicians. There are Tonys all over the place now in Dec 42. He also has a pilot training factory at Cebu. There is one poor Philippino division still alive that gets bombed 2x/day.

The heaviest air fights have been over Burma

[BrucePowers]

I am for Hary S. Truman and the war profiteering commision. Milo better watch out[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

I am for Hary S. Truman and the war profiteering commision. Milo better watch out[:D]

I will take some of that bet. He has already bested the FBI and Scotland Yard. Then there is the D,C & H hole card. Every politician has his price.

[BrucePowers]

If you think I am betting against you in your own AAR...........no way[:D][:D][:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

************Aboard RNN Piet Hein, 120 nm East of Cairns, 18:20: December 8, 1942**********

The joining of the landing task force has gone well. There were no enemy sub contacts. Overhead a dozen of his countrymen flew a CAP in the fearsome Brewster Buffalo. A short time ago, 45 B-24's transited Eastward over his ship, bound for a night attack on Gili Gili, perhaps. Intermittent rain squalls offered protection from detection. Even the bioluminscence in the ship's wake seemed propitious. Still, Lt. Cmdr. J.M.L.I. Chompff, captain of Piet Hein, was a troubled man.

He stood on the flying bridge quietly muttering to himself, "Oh, shoot. Shoot, shoot, shoot! What does the "I" stand for? I wish I could remember." He calls out to the steward. "Where is my gingko baloba?"

[Cap Mandrake]

Why does Lt.Cdr. J.M.L.I. Chömpff have four first names? I'm not sure. Probably from hanging around with Count Maria Czernin, but he was a real figure.

He was killed at the Battle of the Badung Strait Feb 20, 1942, along with all but 33 of the crew of Piet Hein.

Here is hoping the mission to which the Piet Hein is assigned in WWII(b) turns out a bit better.


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[Cap Mandrake]

**********Aboard HMS Indomitable, 18:40, December 8, 1942, 350 nm W of Sabang, Sumatra, DEI***********


Cpt. La Bisset stands on the bridge of HMS Indomitable. She is making only 12 kts to allow the nearby transports to retain her air cover and is bearing East toward Sumatra. Two miles to starboard he can see HMS Warspite with a large bow wake. She is evidently making flank speed to close for a night bombardment as planned. Despite the peril the mood is very high as this represents the first offensive use of the Indian Ocean carriers since the great battles off Perth. The weather is favourable. No enemy recon planes have been sighted and there seems to be no redistribution of bombers from Rangoon as might be epxected were they spotted.

[Cap Mandrake]

*********Aboard HMS Formidable, 18:40, December 8, 1942, 6 mi astern of Cpt. La Bisset's Task Force 1178**********


On the bridge, a man in a Royal Navy Captain's uniform and possesing a striking physical similarity to Cpt. La Bisset hums a tune. Perhaps the only distinction is a slightly more sandy color to his hair. He too is ebulliant. The other officers and men on the bridge are not so ebulliant as they have endured 90 minutes of endless, banal prattle from the Captain. He breaks out into song, "Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me...you TART." He laughs uproariously at his own "joke" and looks about to see if others think it funny too. It is quite apparent they don't. Many, in fact have deeply furrowed brows and secretly wish for a type 93 torpedo to slam into the side of the ship to end their misery.

"Look guys", somebody take over. "I've a compelling need to launch a type 93". He again laughs much to hard. Brows furrow more deeply. He walks briskly toward his cabin. He turns a corner and is confronted by another man in Cptain's uniform who could be his twin, save for a slightly sandier hue to his hair. The other man has his jacket open and his right hand tucked into his left armpit.
The other man shouts, "WATCH!" With great effort, he pumps his left arm up and down, producing a series of flatulent sounds of varying pitch that vaguely resemble the first 5 or 6 notes of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. He beams improbably with his accomplishment.

"I think you mean 'listen'", answers the less sandy-haired man, "but that was quite good." "Our mother would be proud", he adds. Astonished at his own wit, he again laughs hard, this time his face turns very red. This only ends when an impending intestinal emergency forces its way into this consciousness. He walks awkwardly toward the cabin and calls back, "Hey take over, I need to pinch a loaf".

[BrucePowers]

Ok, I'm confused[:)]

[USSAmerica]

Boy, Mandrake, it seems your game has been hit with a lot of "leader bug" incidents.  [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Ok, I'm confused[:)]

Largely my fault, I think. I corrected the first post. I think. The original copy of Cap Mandrake went to work. He had me work on this. I seem to have trouble with British adjective-carriers. Indomitable and Hermes are in the van in one TF. Illustrious and Formidable are in the other TF.

[:)] The Royal Navy has a severe shortage of carrier-capable commanders. La Bissett is commanding the Indomitable/Hermes task force and the Formidable/Illustrious TF. Much to my amusement, he was also found to be skipper of Formidable. [:)]

Now my head hurts

[DuckofTindalos]

Wow, even the AAR has been hit with the leader bug...