(RA) IJN refloated Soulsilver (J)vs Deaniks (A)

[John 3rd]

If so, that is cool.

I have completed the update. If interested, please PM me with your email address and I'll send the new files.

[jdsrae]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

To my knowledge, the CS need to have their organic air group on them when they convert. The conversion of the ships ALSO converts the air groups to their new composition.

As the game might be back on, I’ll chip in on this topic.
I don’t know for sure, but i read somewhere that only the air units on the 2x Chitose class auto upgrade to F/TB.
They do have to be on the ship and it worked for me in my current game.
As I’d read that it doesn’t work for Nisshin and Mizuho I left those FP units off, so I can’t confirm or deny for those ships.

It might have something to do with the difference between upgrade and conversion.

I would much rather the extra F/TB units if it is possible as I have FP units coming out my ears, while F/TB units are a lot more scarce.

[soulsilver]

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

To my knowledge, the CS need to have their organic air group on them when they convert. The conversion of the ships ALSO converts the air groups to their new composition.

As the game might be back on, I’ll chip in on this topic.
I don’t know for sure, but i read somewhere that only the air units on the 2x Chitose class auto upgrade to F/TB.
They do have to be on the ship and it worked for me in my current game.
As I’d read that it doesn’t work for Nisshin and Mizuho I left those FP units off, so I can’t confirm or deny for those ships.

It might have something to do with the difference between upgrade and conversion.

I would much rather the extra F/TB units if it is possible as I have FP units coming out my ears, while F/TB units are a lot more scarce.

Yeah I left the float planes on for the conversion of the Mizuho and they did not convert to carrier planes.

[jdsrae]

Did it just kick them ashore, so you didn't lose the FP units?

[John 3rd]

The air groups SHOULD have converted. That is strange.

I sent both game folders to each of you. You have the BTSH and BTSL to choose from. As I said in my emails, when I get back from my eldest son's hunting trip, I will get the Dutch BC artwork to you.

[soulsilver]

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Did it just kick them ashore, so you didn't lose the FP units?

yeah it just sent them to shore. Mizuho is a Chitose class CS in this game so idk why the units didn't convert. Maybe they didn't have squadrons to convert to?

[soulsilver]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

The air groups SHOULD have converted. That is strange.

I sent both game folders to each of you. You have the BTSH and BTSL to choose from. As I said in my emails, when I get back from my eldest son's hunting trip, I will get the Dutch BC artwork to you.

Thank you, We will likely start another simultaneous game of BTS or BTSL.

[soulsilver]

an alternate Aug 27th. (we ended up rolling back a turn before the carrier fiasco)

Today I pulled my carriers back, I still killed a Bogue class CVE and the BB Pennsylvania for basically free (well at the cost of some fuel tbf). I'm gonna take my win and walk away for now. Idk if I'm gonna move my carriers back to Truk quite yet. Probably need to keep some serious assets up here to prevent an allied reinforcement of Adak. I'll move the carriers back to Ominato for now and regroup with the newly arrived Taikaku and the newly upgraded Akizuki class DDs.

Normal air strikes on Bombay were uncontested as per usual. I'm pretty sure all his planes are damaged and the airfield is too damaged for him to fly them north to Karachi, so they are stuck here...

Morning Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M5 Zero x 33
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 79

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 9 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 28 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-38E Lightning: 8 damaged
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 10 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIa Trop: 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 57

[soulsilver]

Aug 30th

I spotted a cruiser TF that in our previous Auguest 27th bombarded. The TF took a standoff position off Russel Island and then pulled back. The TF however continued to sit off the coast of Luganville island. I seriously wondered if it was bait/ some CAP trap, but nonetheless Carrier Division 1 (akagi, kaga) sortied from Truk and launched an attack. It did not appear to be a predetermined trap, there was some Cap, but it looked more like bleed over from Luganville.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 118,149

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 48
B5N2 Kate x 53
D3A1 Val x 24
D3A2 Val x 26

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
D3A2 Val: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Danae, Torpedo hits 1
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
CL Raleigh
CA Vincennes
DD Laffey, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Birmingham, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Mustin
CA Devonshire, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Russell
CL Concord, Bomb hits 1

[soulsilver]

On a side note Bataan fell today. its nearly September but I put it off for so long.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47143 troops, 454 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 1270

Defending force 28285 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 429

Allied adjusted defense: 85

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1275 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 90 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
31962 casualties reported
Squads: 1071 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1973 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 54 (54 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 25

[29000Kevin]

Well you got lucky in the previous August 27th result,

Dean should only ever engage in CV vs CV engagement with LBA support otherwise he will need extreme good luck.

Their is a AAR where two USN CV's were able to take on the whole KB and win, obviously that didn't happen.

The allied pilots did not have the exp to take on the elite Zeros thanks to loses and attrition from the other CV or LBA vs CV battles.

The weather was very favable with Heavy Rain being the second worse weather to successfully attack ships, which is why KB didn't get a scratch.
While the USN got heavy clouds which is much easier to attack with most of the strike force getting through CAP.

Pretty much it was a predictable outcome even if the USN/RN had a good dice roll, which it didn't get.

If Dean's moral hadn't collapsed, Japan could've had rare fun in the West Coast of America or Pearl Harbor but it's great that the game was saved.

I'll probably might go over to Dean's side and cheer him up with some videos and images or something about how America should most likely win the war or something.

Edit: Although I rather prefer not to bump threads that haven't been posted on for over 20 days...

[soulsilver]

September 1st

Spotted some cves near kodiak heading west. They might just be AO or TKs but dean might be attempting to resupply/retreat his troops on Adak once my carriers are gone.

Bad weather has grounded most air operations in india and china recently so not much to report there. Dean retook Hyderabad with some tanks a few days ago before I could rail in reinforcements but has again left the base undefended. I'm gonna paradrop the base again this time with the 1st para division which should be able to hold out till I can rail in more troops.

In china ground troops are flooding into the central plains near chungking. I've taken kieko north of chungking and am moving on the two other central chinese bases which aren't chungking. Once those bases are secure I'll move on chungking and begin the siege in ernest. The air field of chungking has been constantly bombed for the last few months so dean hasn't been able to increase the forts for a while now.

[soulsilver]

ORIGINAL: 29000Kevin

Well you got lucky in the previous August 27th result,

Dean should only ever engage in CV vs CV engagement with LBA support otherwise he will need extreme good luck.

Their is a AAR where two USN CV's were able to take on the whole KB and win, obviously that didn't happen.

The allied pilots did not have the exp to take on the elite Zeros thanks to loses and attrition from the other CV or LBA vs CV battles.

The weather was very favable with Heavy Rain being the second worse weather to successfully attack ships, which is why KB didn't get a scratch.
While the USN got heavy clouds which is much easier to attack with most of the strike force getting through CAP.

Pretty much it was a predictable outcome even if the USN/RN had a good dice roll, which it didn't get.

If Dean's moral hadn't collapsed, Japan could've had rare fun in the West Coast of America or Pearl Harbor but it's great that the game was saved.

I'll probably might go over to Dean's side and cheer him up with some videos and images or something about how America should most likely win the war or something.

Edit: Although I rather prefer not to bump threads that haven't been posted on for over 20 days...

Dean has been too busy with school and perhaps too disheartened to consistently post to his AAR unfortunately. I think hes kinda given up on his AAR, so I'm the main cartographer of this game right now, which is a shame. I've definitely glosses over some stuff in my AAR, and obviously you guys have missed out on the allied perspective.

Thank you for you analysis regarding how important weather was in the outcome of the battle. It hadn't even occurred to me that the battle might have been so decisive because of the weather.

[John 3rd]

Running a good AAR is a labor of love. The armchair quarterbacks don't understand that. You've done well with this one. Keep up the good work.

[soulsilver]

I should also mention that when we assumed that the game was dead we both ended up sharing passwords and rerolling the results of the turn a couple times for fun. The best result Dean got was 3 bomb hits on my CVs total, with my carriers still coming and sinking most of his TF.
we have both changed our passwords, but I ended up looking around at what dean was doing at the time (when we both assumed the game was over) and pointed out to dean a bunch of shit that he wasn't doing or should fix. Hopefully that help him a bit in the long term. Also apparently for what ever reason the Pakistani Division that was supposed to spawn at Karachi after the emergency reinforcements were triggered did not spawn in, so 1 less division I need to worry about [:D][:D][:D]. The forts were last seen to be 4 and half way to 5.... Chungking wasn't much better stuck at 6.... So I'm a little optimistic that I might be able to take them both faster than expected. First priority is to slow down fort construction at Karchi which will be done by naval and air bombardment.

[soulsilver]

September 4th

a few days ago I laid a sub minefield at Noumea which was able to kill an xakl. Today some allied minesweepers cleared the minefield.

TF 160 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)

Allied Ships
DMS Trevor
AM Punjab
AM Madras
AM Bombay
AM Cootamundra
AM Cessnock
PG Sacramento

34 mines cleared

The main event today was the CVE's I spotted yesterday being confirmed to be heading to Kodiak as I-30 put two fishes into the Long Island. Unfortunately 1 of them was a dud! I think this makes it fairly clear that dean has not given up on Adak, he really should just write off the troops there and go elsewhere, but it seems that despite our recent carrier fiasco he still has tunnel vision on the Aleutians.

Sub attack near Kodiak at 182,43

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
CVE Long Island, Torpedo hits 1
DD Bison II
DD Arrow

Near pago pago the I-131 torps a cargoship.

Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 149,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-31

Allied Ships
xAK Cycle, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Also near Kodiak a large surface TF is spotted heading towards Kodiak. These ships were previously escorting the US fleet carriers, I wonder if the carriers were not spotted or if dean has just withdrawn them to keep them safe.

attack near Kodiak at 183,42

Japanese Ships
SS I-30

Allied Ships
DD Lardner
BB Prince of Wales
BB North Carolina
CA Quincy
CL Honolulu
CLAA San Juan
CLAA San Diego
DD Downes
DD Bancroft
DD Kilty
DD Dewey
DD Dale
DD Aylwin

Over the Aleutians some P-38s sweep the dot base next to Adak, unfortunately some nicks on LRCAP get drawn into the battle. I lose 5 nicks but only lose 1 pilot killed in return for 1 p-38 shot down.

Morning Air attack on Great Sitkin Island , at 163,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses


Also on a side note I am currently at a 4.184 VP ratio, so unless dean does something drastic, I'm gonna get auto victory. We already agreed to play on after auto victory if it occurs, but I suspect that it will affect dean's morale.

In terms of R&D news the D4Y1 will enter service next month, along with the J1n1-c and the D4Y1-c. I plan to convert the val factory to the Judy and a the C5m2 factory to the D4y1-c so the R&D factories can accelerate the successor airframes.

[soulsilver]

September 6th

Dean is 100% trying to either reinforce or resupply adak/evac adak right now. 2 TF were spotted heading west from Kodiak one containing a bunch of cruisers and 2 BBs and one containing CVs of some sort. The IJN carriers just got back to Ominato and were able to rearm and refuel. They will sortie back to the Aleutians with the Taikaku this time. Adak has been reinforced by an SNLF brigade, and 2 SNLF guards along with a squadron of Nicks and a squad of Tojos. If he's trying to evac Adak I think my carriers will get there in time. Unfortunately the Vals were unable to unload in time at Amchitka so the Air transport TF will withdraw to the west for now. I have to say I'm surprised that dean is being this ballsy, didn't think he would be stupid enough to try this while I have my carriers up here. A light cruiser TF up at Paramushiro will also sortie and attempt to get around and engage his carriers in a surface battle.

[soulsilver]

September 6th Bombardment of Karachi

The Ise and Fuso class BBs conducted a night bombardment of Karchi that was uncontested by both air and Naval units. The BBs weren't even spotted I assume due to the heavy storms in the area. In case they were spotted, Carrier Divison 4 was on station along with the CVEs to provide LRCAP. I have to say it went as well as I could have hoped with about 150 planes destroyed on the ground. This bombardment will save me a lot of plane and pilot losses in my upcoming air campaign. I'll start sweeping as soon as the air base at Hyderabad is up and running again.

Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 70 damaged
Blenheim IV: 14 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 35 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 14 destroyed on ground
Vengeance I: 3 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIa Trop: 14 damaged
Hurricane IIa Trop: 3 destroyed on ground
Albacore I: 8 damaged
Albacore I: 1 destroyed on ground
Spitfire VIII: 2 damaged
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 13 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
B-26 Marauder: 51 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 3 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIc Trop: 9 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 7 destroyed on ground
Hudson IIIa: 27 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 6 destroyed on ground
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 17 damaged
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 7 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 63 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 10 destroyed on ground
Wellington Ic: 32 damaged
Wellington Ic: 6 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 38 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed on ground
Beaufort I: 7 damaged
Beaufort I: 1 destroyed on ground
Lysander II: 18 damaged
Lysander II: 2 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed on ground
Mohawk IV: 11 damaged
Mohawk IV: 6 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 2 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 6 damaged
A-24 Banshee: 1 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
Wapiti IIa: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
DD Hibiki
DD Harusame
DD Arashio
DD Asashio
DD Kuroshio
DD Kagero
DMS W-12
DMS W-11

Allied ground losses:
893 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 70 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Airbase hits 63
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 132
Port hits 1

At Bombay some IJA level bombers clean the port of aux ships.

Morning Air attack on Bombay , at 36,24

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AG Haitan, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AS Lucia, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
AGP Barracuda, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AMc Travancore, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage


Repair Shipyard hits 1
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1


Up in the Aleutians bad weather prevents the NAVs from launching so we have lost contact with the allied relief force. The CVs will continue towards the Aleutians for now. a Bunch of the CVL fighter airwings were able to upgrade to A6M5s while at Ominato so my carrier force is even deadlier especially with Taikaku in tow. Its possible dean called off the attack after I chewed him out for launching such a hopeless and risky operation.

[soulsilver]

September 10th

The allies launched an air attack on Hyderabad today which damaged the air field a bit, but he paid a heavy price in blood. around 56 allied planes were lost for around 14 Japanese planes shot down and another 10 lost to OPs.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M5 Zero x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 2
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 14
P-400 Airacobra x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 34
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 8 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M5 Zero x 12
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 3
Blenheim IV x 12
Hudson IIIa x 3
Lysander II x 28
Mohawk IV x 9
Wapiti IIa x 2
Wellington Ic x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 4 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Lysander II: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Mohawk IV: 2 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

During the night we bombarded Bombay again to prevent fort construction. I have another Bombardment of Karachi coming in a few days.

Night Naval bombardment of Bombay at 36,24 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

41 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Murasame
DD Naganami
DD Makigumo

Allied ground losses:
421 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Heavy Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 204
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

Outside Karachi the I-166 found a target. A few day ago Junyo and Hiyo and Co sunk around half a dozen cargo ships heading towards Karachi from Abadan at the cost of around 10 planes. Gonna hold off anymore carriers strikes until allied air power is thinned down a bit more by sweeps and naval bombardment.

Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,5

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
xAK St Essylt, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

[soulsilver]

September 12th

Dean launched another large air strike on Hyderabad today but unfortunately for him his sweeps went in after the bombers, and several of his bombers came in unescorted, and in a piecemeal fashion. The first wave was not pretty for dean.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 141
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 4
Blenheim IV x 10
Hudson IIIa x 9
Lysander II x 10
Mohawk IV x 4
Spitfire VIII x 10
Wapiti IIa x 2
Wellington Ic x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort I: 2 destroyed
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hudson IIIa: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
Lysander II: 5 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
Wapiti IIa: 1 destroyed
Wellington Ic: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

The second wave faired even worse.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 135
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 7
Lysander II x 7
Mohawk IV x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed
Lysander II: 4 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 3 destroyed

Finally some fighter sweeps showed up and traded alright.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 122
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 2 destroyed

Lastly another group of unescorted bombers got mauled.

Morning Air attack on Hyderabad (Sindh) , at 42,10

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 19
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 100
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9

Allied aircraft
Lysander II x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 10
B-26 Marauder x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Lysander II: 3 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed
B-26 Marauder: 5 destroyed

There are a few more smaller strikes that went in as well that I have not shown but suffice to say that by the end of the day dean had lost 126 planes while shooting down 42 of mine. I lost around 7 pilots killed with another 7 injured. I suspect that most of deans pilots that were shot down were lost.

At the end of the day I-6 spotted a sizeable TF off San Francisco

ASW attack near San Francisco at 216,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Meredith
BB Prince of Wales
CA Quincy
CL Honolulu
CLAA San Juan
DD Aylwin
DD Sims
DD Kilty
DD Dewey
DD Dale
DD Downes