My other ships losses during the turn came from PBY Catalina delivered torpedo attacks. These planes are pesky and I must destroy all of them.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,86
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 12
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 5 damaged
Japanese Ships
AMC Bankok Maru
xAK Yamasimo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Mizuho Maru
xAP Palau Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,85
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 10
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 7 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Maebasi Maru
xAK Azuma Maru, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,86
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 12
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Yamabiko Maru
AMC Bankok Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Tonan Maru
xAK Nozima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cebu at 80,85
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 9
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 8 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Mito Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Tarayasu Maru
xAP Kokuryu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PBY-4 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
