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Submarine attack near Lord Howe Island at 98,167
SS I-27
Allied Ships
xAK William P. McArthur, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK William P. McArthur is sighted by SS I-27
SS I-27 launches 2 torpedoes
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ASW attack near Koggala at 28,50
SS I-179, hits 1
Allied Ships
AM Carnatic
AM Baluchistan
AM Kathiawar
SS I-179 is located by AM Carnatic
AM Carnatic attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 1st USMC Parachute Battalion, at 105,137 (Rossel Island)
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 23
Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Also attacking 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-84r Frank x 3
Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 11
A-36 Mustang x 7
Liberator B.III: 3 damaged
A-36 Mustang: 2 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Port fuel hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-84r Frank x 2
Allied aircraft
Liberator B.III x 10
P-51A Mustang x 7
Liberator B.III: 2 damaged
P-51A Mustang: 3 destroyed
Port supply hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-84r Frank x 1
Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 10
Liberator B.VI: 3 damaged
Port hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Ki-84r Frank x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 25
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-38J Lightning x 21
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 72
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 8th Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Ki-84r Frank x 1
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 25
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 11th Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Allied aircraft
B-25G Mitchell x 3
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 11th Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 16
Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 36th Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 36th Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 10
Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 1st Tank Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 9
P-38J Lightning x 22
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 50
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Morning Air attack on 6th/A Division, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 23
B-24J Liberator: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
192 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 15th Army, at 55,41 (Chittagong)
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
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Afternoon Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 3
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 9
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Afternoon Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 13
13 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Mili , at 136,121
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 4
TBM-1C Avenger x 2
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 damaged
Runway hits 2
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Afternoon Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 118
TBM-1C Avenger x 90
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17
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Afternoon Air attack on Makin , at 136,125
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 11
TBF-1 Avenger x 9
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 19, 44
Repairs completed on BB Kongo at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
G4M1 Betty from 755 Ku K-1 attacking a O16 Class class SS at 78,111 a Gato class SS is reported HIT
D4Y4 Judy from 503 Ku K-1 attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 111,108 an Allied SS is reported HIT
E13A1 Jake from Atago-2 attacking an Allied SS at 69,91 a Porpoise class SS is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 54,45 an Allied SS is reported HIT
PB4Y-1 Liberator sighted over Kusaie Island
2LT Taniguchi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
1LT Hanzawa K. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 12
1LT Hanzawa K. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 13
2LT Taniguchi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
2LT Taniguchi R. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
WO Kimiyama F. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 7
WO Kimiyama F. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 8
WO Kimiyama F. of 87th Sentai is credited with kill number 9
G3M2 Nell from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking SS Raton at 107,71 SS Raton is reported HIT
G3M2 Nell from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking a Tambor class SS at 110,65 a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT
D4Y4 Judy from 502 Ku K-1 attacking SS Puffer at 67,107 SS Puffer is reported HIT
Ki-49-IIa Helen from 62nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 54,45 an Allied SS is reported HIT
F-5A Lightning sighted over Akyab
Ace pilot Dohibara R. of 11th Sentai is promoted to 2LT
Previous report of sinking of SS Snapper incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
DD Hayashimo arrives at Kobe – will move south when the Kongos return to the Combined Fleet
SS I-53 arrives at Okayama – will move to SWAF for long range patrols around India
ML G-216 arrives at Sapporo
MTB G-16 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka
203 Ku S-1 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – assigned to 28th Air Flotilla, 13th Air Fleet, SWAF. Upgraded to George-2. Pilots with 70Air but <70Strafe skills are assigned. Orders are to train Sweep 100% range 0 to increase Strafe and Def skills. There are no other IJN fighters in the SW Area Fleet yet so they will help to provide some depth and a reaction force just in case the Allies try anything in the coastal areas from Rabaul to Palembang.
203 Ku S-2 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – same as above, but issued rookie pilots and set to train Escort 100% range 0 to train Air and Def skills.
553 Ku K-1 arrives at Bihoro – assigned to 27th Air Flotilla, 12th Air Fleet, NEAF. Issued D4Y1 Judy to keep a pool of D4Y4 in case the Fleet needs them. 553 Kokutai will fly operational Naval Search missions to spot subs, attack one on occasion, and slowly increase experience. I’ve noticed that flying NavS missions over Allied subs results in bonus ASW skill increasing whenever the pilots attack, so I’m only setting ASW patrol missions where there are large Allied sub swarms and multiple air units overlapping each other. Also, IJA bombers like Sally/Helen train and fly ASW but not NavS, so they leave the NavS to the Navy to let the Army focus on ASW as a way to train up Def skill and fly a useful mission to slowly increase experience levels.
553 Ku K-2 arrives at Oita – same as above but flying Jills.
701 Ku K-1 arrives at Nagoya – moved to INAF Base Tsu with G4M2 Betty and set to NavSearch 50% range 17. There are no pilots available for this unit yet as all the rookies are training NavS and ASW skills in Jake Force. It will fill out with trained strike pilots as they become available from the Jake Jill training pipeline as it is a waste to use Nell/Betty/Frances for training.
23rd I.F.Chutai arrives at Tokyo – IJA basic fighter pilot training, Escort 100% range 0.
