Well Drat, the cat is out of the bag and I did not get any really juicy TFs.. Nells did not fly last night so I have no recon on Bombay. They have been ordered to fly again! Failure will not be tolerated. It looks like the TF I saw the day earlier was a troop transport TF that was empty. It was on its way to India, does that mean he is withdrawing troops out, or positioning them for an attack on Ceylon? I may have been too early in my master plan. At least he has several fewer xAPs now... Here is the results of the 2 KB strikes - neither were big.... There were a couple other smaller strikes at the nearest ASW group, sinking 2 small DDs.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Socotra at 19,12
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
A6M5 Zero x 15
D3A1 Val x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
xAP Cap St Jacques, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Denbighshire, Bomb hits 1
xAP Poelau Telo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Jefferson Myers, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Jefferson Myers
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Socotra at 19,12
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 13
A6M5 Zero x 58
D3A1 Val x 43
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
xAP Varsova, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Poelau Telo, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Cap St Jacques, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Dunedin Star, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Jefferson Myers, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAP Forafric, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Nova Scotia, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Derrymore, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAK City of Agra, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Poelau Telo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Jefferson Myers
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Nova Scotia
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK City of Agra
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Dunedin Star
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