AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/23/42
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Sub attack at 48,90
Japanese Ships
AK Satsuki Maru
PG Nagata Maru
PG Kyo Maru #8
DD Hibiki
Allied Ships
SS Trigger
we miss...
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ASW attack at 62,140
Japanese Ships
SS I-16, hits 4
Allied Ships
PG Charleston
DD Hatfield
DD Gilmer
DD Brooks
DD Dent
PG Yarra
this sub is still sitting one hex off Wellington... 4 near misses...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dutch Harbor at 103,36
Japanese Ships
AK Renzan Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Dewey
DD Hull
and we move our DDs back to Dutch Harbor as we expected the supply AKs to return also...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dutch Harbor at 103,36
Japanese Ships
AK Suruga Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Dewey
DD Hull
another one should sink...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dutch Harbor at 103,36
Japanese Ships
AK Nikkyu Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Dewey
DD Hull
and the third one as well... no supply for Dutch Harbor...
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Sub attack at 48,90
Japanese Ships
AK Satsuki Maru
PG Nagata Maru
PG Kyo Maru #8
DD Hibiki
Allied Ships
SS Trigger
this time, the torps fail to detonate...
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TF 1028 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Cochin
MSW Agra
after two weeks of doing nothing, we sweep some mines at Akyab again...
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Sub attack near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese Ships
AK Satsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Nagata Maru
PG Kyo Maru #8
DD Hibiki
Allied Ships
SS O16, hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
at least O16 achieves a hit... we had sigint about an AA regiment being loaded on an AK moving to Thursday Island. Could be aboard this TF... there´s a lot of flak already, put even more there and you make the base immune to air attacks... [8|]
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ASW attack near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese Ships
PG Nagata Maru
PG Kyo Maru #8
DD Hibiki
Allied Ships
SS O16
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 39
SB-2c x 3
Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 21000 feet
I´m happy with the hit rate of my Marauders...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 42
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 85
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 54
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 59
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
again, no Betty, no Nell lost to ops... [8|]
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 51
B-17E Fortress x 33
Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 2 [8|][8|]
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 12 [8|][8|]
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing at 21000 feet
deja vu?? Should I cry or what? I can´t go in lower as the enemy flak will chew up 80% of my aircraft. Going in at 21.000 means we hit... nothing... 3 dozen Marauders from India hit more from 21.000 ft than 300 bombers from Australia. The Australian ones are the ones with higher exp...
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Day Air attack on TF at 103,35
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Suruga Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 1000 feet
we finish an AK around Dutch Harbor that was in sinking condition anyway...
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Day Air attack on TF at 103,35
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 5
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AK Nikkyu Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 1000 feet
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Sub attack at 54,94
Japanese Ships
AP Hasuna Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-41, hits 1 FOW (as usual, hits from merchants are mostly FOW)
Hortlund moves out the remaining ships of his two big TFs that went to Port Moresby... another medium sized AP is sunk...
The rant goes on... PBEM QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42
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Sub attack at 55,95
Japanese Ships
AK Saigon Maru
Allied Ships
SS Finback
at the moment, my subs are really performing awfully...
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
P-40B Tomahawk x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
we are beginning our air offensive against Akyab. Obviously a very important target as we can knock out Rangoon if we can retake Akyab. Hortlund should know that, so I expect to see fighters over Akyab at some point again. At the moment there are always around 150!! fighters on CAP over Mandalay and 50 over Rangoon.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 5
Wellington III x 67
P-40E Warhawk x 27
B-26B Marauder x 31
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 25
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
flak seems to be very ineffective here. 30.000+ troops reported being at Akyab, perhaps low on supply... excellent, so we can at least go down to 16.000 ft...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 38
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 53
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 86
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 35
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
no Betty, no Nell lost to ops... daily flights against a target in 9 hexes range...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 [X(][X(]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
A6M2 Zero x 3
A6M3 Zero x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 7 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 26500 feet
suicide attack by my Hudsons... that wasn´t planned, I wanted to do recon... [:(]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90 [:D]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 46
B-17E Fortress x 39
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
PG Kyo Maru #8, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hibiki, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
PG Nagata Maru
AK Tairyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Satsuki Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
even though this convoy was able to deliver it´s load, only a PG will return to it´s homeport. Those numbers of LBA is what I want to see on nav attack! We didn´t drop a single 1000lb bomb though.
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Sub attack at 55,95
Japanese Ships
AK Saigon Maru
Allied Ships
SS Finback
like I´ve said, my subs are performing absolutely awful at the moment... [&:]
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Sub attack at 55,95
Japanese Ships
AK Saigon Maru
Allied Ships
SS Finback
at the moment, my subs are really performing awfully...
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 40
P-40B Tomahawk x 24
P-40E Warhawk x 3
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
we are beginning our air offensive against Akyab. Obviously a very important target as we can knock out Rangoon if we can retake Akyab. Hortlund should know that, so I expect to see fighters over Akyab at some point again. At the moment there are always around 150!! fighters on CAP over Mandalay and 50 over Rangoon.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 5
Wellington III x 67
P-40E Warhawk x 27
B-26B Marauder x 31
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 25
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet
flak seems to be very ineffective here. 30.000+ troops reported being at Akyab, perhaps low on supply... excellent, so we can at least go down to 16.000 ft...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 38
Ki-21 Sally x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 53
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 86
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 35
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
no Betty, no Nell lost to ops... daily flights against a target in 9 hexes range...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91 [X(][X(]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
A6M2 Zero x 3
A6M3 Zero x 30
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 7 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Hudson I bombing at 26500 feet
suicide attack by my Hudsons... that wasn´t planned, I wanted to do recon... [:(]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90 [:D]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 46
B-17E Fortress x 39
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
PG Kyo Maru #8, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hibiki, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
PG Nagata Maru
AK Tairyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Satsuki Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
even though this convoy was able to deliver it´s load, only a PG will return to it´s homeport. Those numbers of LBA is what I want to see on nav attack! We didn´t drop a single 1000lb bomb though.
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Sub attack at 55,95
Japanese Ships
AK Saigon Maru
Allied Ships
SS Finback
like I´ve said, my subs are performing absolutely awful at the moment... [&:]
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/25/42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese Ships
PG Nagata Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tairyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
DD Mugford
3x6 inch and 1x5 inch hit on the PG then the fight was already over...
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Sub attack at 56,95
Japanese Ships
AK Saigon Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-34
mmmm... MK10 failed to detonate...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 45
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 31
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 57
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 50,90
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
PG Nagata Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
but 4x500lb bombs finish the PG...
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
MSW Cochin, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Agra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
of course a small Betty strike from Rangoon is enough to sink both MSWs... in more than two weeks TWICE my two MSW swept mines at Akyab... this routine has been broken a looooong time now already...
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Sub attack at 56,95
Japanese Ships
AP Hasuna Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
Hasuna Maru immediately sinks, must have had floatation damage already...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese Ships
PG Nagata Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Tairyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
DD Mugford
3x6 inch and 1x5 inch hit on the PG then the fight was already over...
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Sub attack at 56,95
Japanese Ships
AK Saigon Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-34
mmmm... MK10 failed to detonate...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 45
Ki-21 Sally x 46
Ki-49 Helen x 31
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 57
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 50,90
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
PG Nagata Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
but 4x500lb bombs finish the PG...
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Day Air attack on TF at 29,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
MSW Cochin, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Agra, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
of course a small Betty strike from Rangoon is enough to sink both MSWs... in more than two weeks TWICE my two MSW swept mines at Akyab... this routine has been broken a looooong time now already...
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Sub attack at 56,95
Japanese Ships
AP Hasuna Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Grayling
Hasuna Maru immediately sinks, must have had floatation damage already...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/26/42
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Sub attack near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese Ships
AK Tairyo Maru, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS O16
all ships that were included in the Thursday island convoy are sunk now! O16 hits with all four torps of her salvo. That´s something very rare...
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TF 1041 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Romney
MSW Poole
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 108
Hurricane IIc x 32
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
the escort doesn´t fly even that I´ve set them on escort with target Lashio... [8|]
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 50
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 119
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 6 destroyed, 64 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
same here, most of the escorts don´t fly. This is one damned bug I´ve seen since the game came out. If you attack a base that has no aircraft (or very few) and no Cap then most times the escort just don´t take off with the bombers. THEN THE SAME SHIT LIKE IN THIS ATTACK HAPPENS: LEAKY CAP from Mandalay and even though I have set 50+ fighters / fighter bombers on escort only 16 Hurricanes are on escort duty...
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 7
Wellington III x 65
P-40E Warhawk x 45
B-26B Marauder x 42
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 6 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 81
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
a couple of those attacks and the base is closed. Soon we will start a try to wipe out the IJAAF in Burma, then I will switch half of my bombers on ground attack Akyab. With the troop numbers spotted there I expect at least an enemy brigade if not a division at Akyab.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 44
Ki-21 Sally x 41
Ki-49 Helen x 31
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 36
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
hey, ho, one Betty lost to ops today...
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 118
B-17E Fortress x 69
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 19 [X(]
Airbase supply hits 15 [X(]
Runway hits 173 [X(]
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
lowered our attack height from 21.000ft to 11.000ft and suddenly we nuke the base. Flak fire is absolutely light here, perhaps the base is low on supplies.
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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Romney, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Poole, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
My MSW were stuck at Akyab and voilà, both are sunk... [8|]
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Sub attack near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese Ships
AK Tairyo Maru, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS O16
all ships that were included in the Thursday island convoy are sunk now! O16 hits with all four torps of her salvo. That´s something very rare...
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TF 1041 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Romney
MSW Poole
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 108
Hurricane IIc x 32
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
the escort doesn´t fly even that I´ve set them on escort with target Lashio... [8|]
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 50
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 119
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 6 destroyed, 64 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
same here, most of the escorts don´t fly. This is one damned bug I´ve seen since the game came out. If you attack a base that has no aircraft (or very few) and no Cap then most times the escort just don´t take off with the bombers. THEN THE SAME SHIT LIKE IN THIS ATTACK HAPPENS: LEAKY CAP from Mandalay and even though I have set 50+ fighters / fighter bombers on escort only 16 Hurricanes are on escort duty...
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 7
Wellington III x 65
P-40E Warhawk x 45
B-26B Marauder x 42
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 6 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 81
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
a couple of those attacks and the base is closed. Soon we will start a try to wipe out the IJAAF in Burma, then I will switch half of my bombers on ground attack Akyab. With the troop numbers spotted there I expect at least an enemy brigade if not a division at Akyab.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 44
Ki-21 Sally x 41
Ki-49 Helen x 31
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 36
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
hey, ho, one Betty lost to ops today...
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 118
B-17E Fortress x 69
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Airbase hits 19 [X(]
Airbase supply hits 15 [X(]
Runway hits 173 [X(]
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
lowered our attack height from 21.000ft to 11.000ft and suddenly we nuke the base. Flak fire is absolutely light here, perhaps the base is low on supplies.
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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Romney, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Poole, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
My MSW were stuck at Akyab and voilà, both are sunk... [8|]
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/27/42
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TF 1041 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Poole, on fire, heavy damage
the heavily damaged MSW swept a couple of mines at Akyab...
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Sub attack at 39,50 [8|]
Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2
DD Hakaze
DD Hayashio
Allied Ships
SS Trout
Trout fired a salvo of 6 torps on the already damaged CVE but all miss. We don´t have the same luck like our Japanese enemy, but clearly saying, we DON´T NEED LUCK, we will just use pure overwhelming force and material to beat the enemy... all those ships must be damaged as they all show black smoke...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 43
Ki-21 Sally x 47
Ki-49 Helen x 34
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 34
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
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TF 1041 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Poole, on fire, heavy damage
the heavily damaged MSW swept a couple of mines at Akyab...
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Sub attack at 39,50 [8|]
Japanese Ships
CVE Unyo
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2
DD Hakaze
DD Hayashio
Allied Ships
SS Trout
Trout fired a salvo of 6 torps on the already damaged CVE but all miss. We don´t have the same luck like our Japanese enemy, but clearly saying, we DON´T NEED LUCK, we will just use pure overwhelming force and material to beat the enemy... all those ships must be damaged as they all show black smoke...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
D3A Val x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 43
Ki-21 Sally x 47
Ki-49 Helen x 34
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 33
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
G4M1 Betty x 34
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 11000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/28/42
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Sub attack at 53,93
Japanese Ships
AK Asama Maru
DD Akikaze
DD Okikaze
Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 2
the last attack with MK10 torps failed because the torps didn´t explode. This attack with MK10s sees again the torps not detonating... [8|]
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TF 1041 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Poole, heavy damage
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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Ballarat
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
AK Asama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Akikaze
DD Okikaze
AK Boston Maru
Allied Ships
SS Trigger
MK14 explodes, looks like a supply convoy is going to Port Moresby. A big TF and we catch only one ship...
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 5
Wellington III x 57
P-40E Warhawk x 27
B-26B Marauder x 35
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 6 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 77
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
only moderate flak fire over Akyab... this base should be Allied again before 43...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60
Ki-21 Sally x 43
Ki-49 Helen x 34
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
A6M3 Zero x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 20
B-17E Fortress x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kuri, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kashii
DD Asanagi
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
a TF of reported 8 ships one hex North West of Port Moresby and we launch only a very small strike and have to avoid leaky cap from PM. Two B-17s lost to ops (my B-17s suffer more than the Japanese Nells and Betties that are doing daily raids from 9 hexes... [&:]) The positive thing here is that Kuri was hit by a 1000lb bomb and this could be enough to finish the small DD... it looks like this TF is heading towards Thursday Island, probably alos a supply convoy. How it was able to move that far without being spotted is again a mistery to me...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11
G4M1 Betty x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Ballarat, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Akyab is the grave of my MSW. Enough of the mine sweeping, there won´t be new Japanese mines anyway as it would be suicide to move IJN mine layers within 5 hexes of my high exp LBA...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 58,97
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Taizin Maru
MSW Tama Maru #5
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
today we launched 34 out of 280 bombers against around 40 spotted enemy ships in range... that´s great...
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Sub attack at 53,93
Japanese Ships
AK Asama Maru
DD Akikaze
DD Okikaze
Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 2
the last attack with MK10 torps failed because the torps didn´t explode. This attack with MK10s sees again the torps not detonating... [8|]
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TF 1041 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Poole, heavy damage
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TF 1016 encounters mine field at Akyab (30,29)
Allied Ships
MSW Ballarat
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
AK Asama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Akikaze
DD Okikaze
AK Boston Maru
Allied Ships
SS Trigger
MK14 explodes, looks like a supply convoy is going to Port Moresby. A big TF and we catch only one ship...
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 5
Wellington III x 57
P-40E Warhawk x 27
B-26B Marauder x 35
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 6 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 77
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
only moderate flak fire over Akyab... this base should be Allied again before 43...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60
Ki-21 Sally x 43
Ki-49 Helen x 34
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 20
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 5
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 52,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2
A6M3 Zero x 12
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 20
B-17E Fortress x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Kuri, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kashii
DD Asanagi
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
a TF of reported 8 ships one hex North West of Port Moresby and we launch only a very small strike and have to avoid leaky cap from PM. Two B-17s lost to ops (my B-17s suffer more than the Japanese Nells and Betties that are doing daily raids from 9 hexes... [&:]) The positive thing here is that Kuri was hit by a 1000lb bomb and this could be enough to finish the small DD... it looks like this TF is heading towards Thursday Island, probably alos a supply convoy. How it was able to move that far without being spotted is again a mistery to me...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 11
G4M1 Betty x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
MSW Ballarat, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Akyab is the grave of my MSW. Enough of the mine sweeping, there won´t be new Japanese mines anyway as it would be suicide to move IJN mine layers within 5 hexes of my high exp LBA...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 58,97
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Taizin Maru
MSW Tama Maru #5
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
today we launched 34 out of 280 bombers against around 40 spotted enemy ships in range... that´s great...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/29/42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Tama
DD Isokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
Allied Ships
DD Maury, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Smith, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston
neither my subs, nor 40 search planes were able to locate this surface TF that acted as escort for the supply convoy. We have to pay the bill. Lots of torps launched by our DDs (twice as many as by the Japanese but all miss, as do our shells)...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Tama
DD Isokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
Allied Ships
DD Maury, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Smith, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston, Shell hits 1
oh no, not another round... all our shells miss again - at ranges between 4000 and 8000 yards...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Tama
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Maury, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
DD Smith, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Is it really necessary to see as many rounds as it takes until every damned ship is sunk? [8|] Clearly this round went to the Japanese. It took 8 months of game time until Hortlund realized that it is necessary to escort his TFs when going to a front line base. Still the outcome was as bad as it could be, to top it off RADM Lee was killed with the last Allied DD sunk. [:(] I hate it losing ships, even though I´ve got more than enough DDs.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 57
Ki-21 Sally x 44
Ki-49 Helen x 35
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 53
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
Hortlund asked if it would be okay if he opens a pilot training programm in China. We have a truce until mid 43 there but it´s okay with me, as it would open the airspace for my airforce also. This would mean that we would strike with our Wellingtons and Marauders deep into Japanese territory to hit HI and ressource sites from time to time. This would force Hortlund to put at least two Sentais of fighters at every base in range with big HI sites. IMO if he really wants to open the airspace in China this would be contraproductiv for him. Supply situation in China is still severe, it won´t ever get better with the supply we get there...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16
B-17E Fortress x 11
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Kashii, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
PG Kongosan Maru
AK Kokuyo Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
again, only a very small strike from Cooktown, even though we spot a big TF several times today. At least we kill the third class CL Kashii with 8x500lb bombs but I fear the Japanese will be able to unload all their supply. Guess there will be around 10.000 supplies brought in.
We lose 3 DDs (high exp for Allied, 57-60 night exp) but our LBA take revenge and sinks this CL. Still, it would have been better to send my DDs to Thursday island than Port Moresby but as I said, we didn´t spot the CLs at PM.
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Tama
DD Isokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
Allied Ships
DD Maury, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Smith, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston
neither my subs, nor 40 search planes were able to locate this surface TF that acted as escort for the supply convoy. We have to pay the bill. Lots of torps launched by our DDs (twice as many as by the Japanese but all miss, as do our shells)...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Tama
DD Isokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze
Allied Ships
DD Maury, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Smith, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston, Shell hits 1
oh no, not another round... all our shells miss again - at ranges between 4000 and 8000 yards...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Tama
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Okikaze
DD Akikaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Maury, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
DD Smith, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Is it really necessary to see as many rounds as it takes until every damned ship is sunk? [8|] Clearly this round went to the Japanese. It took 8 months of game time until Hortlund realized that it is necessary to escort his TFs when going to a front line base. Still the outcome was as bad as it could be, to top it off RADM Lee was killed with the last Allied DD sunk. [:(] I hate it losing ships, even though I´ve got more than enough DDs.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 57
Ki-21 Sally x 44
Ki-49 Helen x 35
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 53
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
Hortlund asked if it would be okay if he opens a pilot training programm in China. We have a truce until mid 43 there but it´s okay with me, as it would open the airspace for my airforce also. This would mean that we would strike with our Wellingtons and Marauders deep into Japanese territory to hit HI and ressource sites from time to time. This would force Hortlund to put at least two Sentais of fighters at every base in range with big HI sites. IMO if he really wants to open the airspace in China this would be contraproductiv for him. Supply situation in China is still severe, it won´t ever get better with the supply we get there...
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 16
B-17E Fortress x 11
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Kashii, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
PG Kongosan Maru
AK Kokuyo Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
again, only a very small strike from Cooktown, even though we spot a big TF several times today. At least we kill the third class CL Kashii with 8x500lb bombs but I fear the Japanese will be able to unload all their supply. Guess there will be around 10.000 supplies brought in.
We lose 3 DDs (high exp for Allied, 57-60 night exp) but our LBA take revenge and sinks this CL. Still, it would have been better to send my DDs to Thursday island than Port Moresby but as I said, we didn´t spot the CLs at PM.
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DD Preston, one of three US DDs sunk in a night naval engagement off Port Moresby! [:(]
USS Preston (DD-379), 1936-1942
USS Preston, a 1480-ton Mahan class destroyer built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, was commissioned in October 1936. She operated in the Pacific through her entire service career, as a unit of the United States Fleet during the 1930s and early 1940s and thereafter as part of the Pacific Fleet. Following the outbreak of war with Japan in December 1941, Preston was employed on patrol and escort duties. At the beginning of June 1942 she steamed from the U.S. west coast to Hawaii and operated in that area until October 1942. She was then transferred to the south Pacific to join the Guadalcanal campaign. Late in October, she participated in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands as an escort for U.S. aircraft carriers.
A few weeks later, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Preston was one of four destroyers attached to a task force built around the battleships Washington (BB-56) and South Dakota (BB-57). Sent into Guadalcanal's Iron Bottom Sound on the night of 14-15 November 1942, the U.S. destroyers engaged a force of Japanese cruisers and destroyers south of Savo Island. In this short and intense action, Preston was fatally damaged by enemy shellfire and quickly sank, with the loss of over one hundred of her crew. However, within a few minutes the U.S. battleships fought other Japanese warships, successfully thwarting a potentially devastating bombardment of U.S. forces on Guadalcanal and thus effectively ending enemy hopes of retaking the island.
USS Preston (DD-379), 1936-1942
USS Preston, a 1480-ton Mahan class destroyer built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, was commissioned in October 1936. She operated in the Pacific through her entire service career, as a unit of the United States Fleet during the 1930s and early 1940s and thereafter as part of the Pacific Fleet. Following the outbreak of war with Japan in December 1941, Preston was employed on patrol and escort duties. At the beginning of June 1942 she steamed from the U.S. west coast to Hawaii and operated in that area until October 1942. She was then transferred to the south Pacific to join the Guadalcanal campaign. Late in October, she participated in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands as an escort for U.S. aircraft carriers.
A few weeks later, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Preston was one of four destroyers attached to a task force built around the battleships Washington (BB-56) and South Dakota (BB-57). Sent into Guadalcanal's Iron Bottom Sound on the night of 14-15 November 1942, the U.S. destroyers engaged a force of Japanese cruisers and destroyers south of Savo Island. In this short and intense action, Preston was fatally damaged by enemy shellfire and quickly sank, with the loss of over one hundred of her crew. However, within a few minutes the U.S. battleships fought other Japanese warships, successfully thwarting a potentially devastating bombardment of U.S. forces on Guadalcanal and thus effectively ending enemy hopes of retaking the island.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/30/42
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 30
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 21
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 98
B-17E Fortress x 79
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 16 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 78
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
all my bombers at Cooktown are set to naval attack / airfield attack and while there are dozens of Japanese ships in range it´s extremely hard to launch attacks against naval targets with Allied LBA. I have never figuered out why I get my Japanese LBA to attack ships but with Allied LBA it´s somewhat harder... [>:]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 5
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
PG Kongosan Maru
AK Nagisan Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
5 idiotic Mitchells then attack the supply TF (consisting of 8-10 ships) at Thursday island. It would be ten times more important to sink those ships instead of attacking the airfield...
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Day Air attack on TF at 54,94
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Tango Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
and then, the laughable number of 2 B-17 attack another troop convoy going to Port Moresby. If there IS a naval attack mission for land based bombers and you set them to naval attack then they should ATTACK naval targets. Otherwise, just delete the damned option...[8|]
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 60
Ki-21 Sally x 39
Ki-49 Helen x 30
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 21
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 98
B-17E Fortress x 79
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 16 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 78
Aircraft Attacking:
24 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
all my bombers at Cooktown are set to naval attack / airfield attack and while there are dozens of Japanese ships in range it´s extremely hard to launch attacks against naval targets with Allied LBA. I have never figuered out why I get my Japanese LBA to attack ships but with Allied LBA it´s somewhat harder... [>:]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 5
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
PG Kongosan Maru
AK Nagisan Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
5 idiotic Mitchells then attack the supply TF (consisting of 8-10 ships) at Thursday island. It would be ten times more important to sink those ships instead of attacking the airfield...
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Day Air attack on TF at 54,94
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 2
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Tango Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
and then, the laughable number of 2 B-17 attack another troop convoy going to Port Moresby. If there IS a naval attack mission for land based bombers and you set them to naval attack then they should ATTACK naval targets. Otherwise, just delete the damned option...[8|]
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/31/42
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Sub attack at 37,60
Japanese Ships
AK Uragami Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Santo Maru
MSW Hanata Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #51
APD APD-34
Allied Ships
SS Grayback
Grayback is retiring from the area around the Northern Philipines and hits a small AK East of Tarakan. Must have been carrying ressources (or gold?? [:D]) as this seems to be a very heavy escort when I look at the one escort task forces that go around normally...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 90
P-40E Warhawk x 45
Hurricane IIc x 32
No Allied losses
our last training run encountered 50 fighters on CAP over Lashio so this time we sent a sweep but the IJA was smart enough not to show up...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 60
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Hurricane IIc x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 20 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 28 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 9 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
the second sweep encounters some IJA fighters though. Unfortunately my more exp. squadrons were put together to fly in the first sweep. Nevertheless we achieve a 20:10 in kills today. We lose 9 British pilots though, this is severe with a replacement rate of 30. But due to lack of US fighter squadrons in India we have to also rely on the British but I fear in the next couple of months we will run out of British pilots (some 220 are still in the pool at the moment). With 25 Spitfire Vb coming online in 8/42 we have at least the possibility to upgrade two or three of my best British fighter sqadrons to Spits. Once again, the Warhawks proved to be extremely deadly. I think the Warhawks alone shot down 8-10 Oscars for no loss of their own. So the kill rate of the Hurricanes was 1:1. The Warhawk pilots are still in the mid 60s while the Hurricanes are nearing 70 on average with my best squadron at 75. As Burma is the only place where I can use my short legged fighters this will be the place to attrit the Japanese and force them to bring in more fighters from other fronts (or they will simply lose Burma). Thank god I finally had 72 Mohawks in the pool and I was able to downgrade a FG of P-40 so this means I have now some 80 P-40s in the pool for the upcoming fight in Burma. In India we have some 190 Warhawks that will see more action soon.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 6
Wellington III x 65
P-40E Warhawk x 48
B-26B Marauder x 42
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 102
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
I have no idea how far the Japanese are with building up of forts but I fear they have already reached a high level. But they won´t get any further in the future and as soon as the back of the IJA in Burma is broken we will start daily bombings of Akyab. Hopefully Hortlund will bring more troops, this place will just become a big IJA prison camp. The retreat on the jungle trails to Rangoon takes at least 2 months.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 65
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
while the attacks with Betties and Nells from Kendari (range 9) seems to cause very few op losses, those attacks at 5 hexes suffer every turn. 9 op losses today...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 24
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Sub attack at 37,60
Japanese Ships
AK Uragami Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Santo Maru
MSW Hanata Maru #6
MSW Banshu Maru #51
APD APD-34
Allied Ships
SS Grayback
Grayback is retiring from the area around the Northern Philipines and hits a small AK East of Tarakan. Must have been carrying ressources (or gold?? [:D]) as this seems to be a very heavy escort when I look at the one escort task forces that go around normally...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 90
P-40E Warhawk x 45
Hurricane IIc x 32
No Allied losses
our last training run encountered 50 fighters on CAP over Lashio so this time we sent a sweep but the IJA was smart enough not to show up...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 60
P-40E Warhawk x 24
Hurricane IIc x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 20 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 4 destroyed, 28 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 9 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
the second sweep encounters some IJA fighters though. Unfortunately my more exp. squadrons were put together to fly in the first sweep. Nevertheless we achieve a 20:10 in kills today. We lose 9 British pilots though, this is severe with a replacement rate of 30. But due to lack of US fighter squadrons in India we have to also rely on the British but I fear in the next couple of months we will run out of British pilots (some 220 are still in the pool at the moment). With 25 Spitfire Vb coming online in 8/42 we have at least the possibility to upgrade two or three of my best British fighter sqadrons to Spits. Once again, the Warhawks proved to be extremely deadly. I think the Warhawks alone shot down 8-10 Oscars for no loss of their own. So the kill rate of the Hurricanes was 1:1. The Warhawk pilots are still in the mid 60s while the Hurricanes are nearing 70 on average with my best squadron at 75. As Burma is the only place where I can use my short legged fighters this will be the place to attrit the Japanese and force them to bring in more fighters from other fronts (or they will simply lose Burma). Thank god I finally had 72 Mohawks in the pool and I was able to downgrade a FG of P-40 so this means I have now some 80 P-40s in the pool for the upcoming fight in Burma. In India we have some 190 Warhawks that will see more action soon.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 6
Wellington III x 65
P-40E Warhawk x 48
B-26B Marauder x 42
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 5 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 102
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
I have no idea how far the Japanese are with building up of forts but I fear they have already reached a high level. But they won´t get any further in the future and as soon as the back of the IJA in Burma is broken we will start daily bombings of Akyab. Hopefully Hortlund will bring more troops, this place will just become a big IJA prison camp. The retreat on the jungle trails to Rangoon takes at least 2 months.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 65
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-49 Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
while the attacks with Betties and Nells from Kendari (range 9) seems to cause very few op losses, those attacks at 5 hexes suffer every turn. 9 op losses today...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 24
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88
Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
DD Kari
CA Tone
Allied Ships
SS Wahoo
Wahoo is on mine laying mission (while on transit from the West coast) and after entering Rabaul´s port CL Yubari is target of a salvo of 4 torps... we miss...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 59
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 24
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 54,94
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-17E Fortress x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Teiryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Tango Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chinko Maru
MSW Noshiro Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zyuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
leaky Cap from Gili Gili but this doesn´t stop our bombers, nor does it really disrupt them. I can´t say exactly what happened during the attack (as my combat report seemed to be out of synch [:@] - all was the same but the hits on the ships). Couple of ships are obviously in trouble. Tomorrow we will venture in with our carriers again. There are a lot of Helens on Gili Gili, all set to naval search or ASW patrol as my subs are again hit daily. There´s no place anymore where IJA bombers are used for airfield, port or ground attack so I guess they are all [8|] on anti sub duty now... [8|][8|] Port Moresby has no bombers and there´s a big CAP over Gili Gili. So if there will be a strike from Gili Gili against my carriers then it won´t have many escorts and my Cap should deal with the incoming bombers. Leaves Lae as possible base that could launch a long range strike.
As a side note, 80%+ of the damaged or sunk subs are hit by aircraft...
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 61,88
Japanese Ships
CL Yubari
DD Kari
CA Tone
Allied Ships
SS Wahoo
Wahoo is on mine laying mission (while on transit from the West coast) and after entering Rabaul´s port CL Yubari is target of a salvo of 4 torps... we miss...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 59
Ki-21 Sally x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 21
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 24
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 54,94
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 36
B-17E Fortress x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Teiryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Tango Maru, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chinko Maru
MSW Noshiro Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zyuyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
leaky Cap from Gili Gili but this doesn´t stop our bombers, nor does it really disrupt them. I can´t say exactly what happened during the attack (as my combat report seemed to be out of synch [:@] - all was the same but the hits on the ships). Couple of ships are obviously in trouble. Tomorrow we will venture in with our carriers again. There are a lot of Helens on Gili Gili, all set to naval search or ASW patrol as my subs are again hit daily. There´s no place anymore where IJA bombers are used for airfield, port or ground attack so I guess they are all [8|] on anti sub duty now... [8|][8|] Port Moresby has no bombers and there´s a big CAP over Gili Gili. So if there will be a strike from Gili Gili against my carriers then it won´t have many escorts and my Cap should deal with the incoming bombers. Leaves Lae as possible base that could launch a long range strike.
As a side note, 80%+ of the damaged or sunk subs are hit by aircraft...
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ASW attack near Kodiak at 108,34
Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Dewey
DD Hull
RO-33 has been sitting in the base for a couple of days and today our DDs welcome the bugger with one near miss...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
AK Getuyo Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Helena
DD Mugford
We wanted to engage the Japanese light cruiser TF but first we sink a big AK...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Tama
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Okikaze
Allied Ships
CL Helena
DD Mugford, Shell hits 5, on fire
Then the Japanese cruiser squadron shows up. Isokaze shot up DD Mugford and Helena´s performance was really poor. A 5 inch and a 6 inch hit on Isuzu (both penetrating the belt armor), then the battle is over. When we are sending in superior forces (and I really think that a Helena class CL is far superior to two Japanese CLs that are out of torps) then the battle is over immediately, seing only one round. When I sent in my 3 DDs there were as many rounds as it took until my DDs were sunk...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 72
Spitfire Vb x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 21
Hurricane IIc x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
we have to keep up our pilot training...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 81
Hurricane IIc x 16
A-20B Boston x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 28 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 17 destroyed, 46 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 44 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
after our airfield strike we sent a sweep to engage the IJA fighters that were being alerted. Unfortunately, the Hurricane once again proves to be a piece of chunk compared to the Oscar. Even though those are my most experienced pilots (mostly 70+) the Hurricanes are absolutely helpless against the IJA fighters. When the Tojo will show up in late 42, there´s no way to use Hurricanes anymore. As bad as the Hurricane performs, as well is the Warhawk performing (with less exp pilots). I guess the P-40 achieved a kill rate better than 5:1 and this is absolutely amazing. Lots of the damaged aircraft were lost but in the end we achieve a positive kill rate (30:31 in A2A). Looking at the pilots, we lost 5 Warhawk pilots and 17 Hurricane pilots. What is surprising again is the fact that Hortlund moved out all his fighters from Mandalay, pulling them back to Rangoon. So either he´s planning something or 1:1 losses are something he doesn´t like. Mandalay has some 60.000+ reported troops so I guess it´s full of AA regiments and base forces, probably the best defended base on the map. Perhaps I will try a high level attack at some point but I´m not sure it´s worth it.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 30
Wellington III x 97
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 71
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
CW-22 Falcon x 6
Wellington III x 27
Hurricane IIc x 14
B-26B Marauder x 46
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 69
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
we keep on hitting Akyab´s airfield, unfortunately only a few supply hits... Airfield is 100% damaged, I don´t know how long it takes until it´s completely repaired, but I guess there are somewhere around 100 eng at Akyab.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 55
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
Hortlund provided us with a training target that we can engage from Midway. This is the dot base 5 hexes East of Midway where he landed some troops...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 22
Martlet II x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tango Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Albacore launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we sent in the carriers again and this time they end up in the best position they could be. They moved as many hexes as we ordered and the empty enemy convoy of APs ends up 4 hexes from my carriers... a slaughter begins...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
SBD Dauntless x 68
TBF Avenger x 36
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Tango Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teiryu Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 17
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tango Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 17
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teiryu Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tango Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
wave after wave tries to attack the ships that are already sunk. I´m really worried about those uncoordinated strikes! My CV TFs consist of max 2 CVs so it shouldn´t be impossible to launch a coordinated strike... doesn´t seem so. What also worried me is the fact that the enemy TF is just one hex West of Gili Gili where we see 60+ fighters on Cap but we´re luck, there´s no leaky Cap that could chew up unescorted wave after wave...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 34
TBF Avenger x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taizin Maru, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taihei Maru
AP Chinko Maru, Torpedo hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
Hortlund splitted the TF and while the majority tries to engage already sunken ships, the other convoy seems to get away before completely destroyed...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,99
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 9
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 50
F4F-4 Wildcat x 73
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 3 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
and here comes the expected small strike from Gili Gili. In the end we take down 12 Zeroes and 3 Betties, while losing 3 Wildcats (2 pilots). A 5:1 kill rate with at least 13 IJN pilots that didn´t return, something I can surely live with, especially as the USN pilots are coming in at 60 exp, compared to all other pilots with max 55 exp... 8 out of 9 Betties turned back due to low morale, escaping their death...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
SBD Dauntless x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Taizin Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chinko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
this tiny strike is all we get in the afternoon... [8|] In the end, we take down 15 IJN pilots and sink 4 medium sized APs (with another one probably in sinking condition) and a MSW. We lose 2 SBDs and 3 F4-F4s. Now the CVs are steaming away full speed as Hortlund surely moved at least 2 daitais of Betties to Gili Gili and did set his Zeroes on escort. We "should" end up 13 hexes away, so easily out of Zero range. We could even end up one hex short to be out of Zero range... we will see. 54 unescorted Betties would get surely slaughtered with a CAP of nearly 130 fighters...
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Day Air attack on TF at 51,95 [8|][8|]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
damn it! We´re begging on the forum to see our bombers not killing theirself against CV or land based Cap when there are other targets in range. So far unheard, but it seems Hortlund is able to do exactly this! [:D] In the morning thoses Betties turn back due to low morale and escape. In the afternoon, instead of again attacking my CVs, they go after the single DD 6 hexes West of Gili Gili... [8|] the DD is dead of course... I have to rethink those surface raids in this area as I´m not really willing to take those losses for nothing... either because my DDs suffer from round after round against CLs or due to super short engagements when I send in a superior ship. Lost 4 DDs in a week for one AK sunk, a DD and a CL damaged. That isn´t acceptable...
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ASW attack near Kodiak at 108,34
Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Dewey
DD Hull
RO-33 has been sitting in the base for a couple of days and today our DDs welcome the bugger with one near miss...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
AK Getuyo Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Helena
DD Mugford
We wanted to engage the Japanese light cruiser TF but first we sink a big AK...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 53,91
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Tama
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Okikaze
Allied Ships
CL Helena
DD Mugford, Shell hits 5, on fire
Then the Japanese cruiser squadron shows up. Isokaze shot up DD Mugford and Helena´s performance was really poor. A 5 inch and a 6 inch hit on Isuzu (both penetrating the belt armor), then the battle is over. When we are sending in superior forces (and I really think that a Helena class CL is far superior to two Japanese CLs that are out of torps) then the battle is over immediately, seing only one round. When I sent in my 3 DDs there were as many rounds as it took until my DDs were sunk...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 72
Spitfire Vb x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 21
Hurricane IIc x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 1 damaged
Spitfire Vb: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
we have to keep up our pilot training...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 80
P-40E Warhawk x 81
Hurricane IIc x 16
A-20B Boston x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 28 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 17 destroyed, 46 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 44 damaged
Hurricane IIc: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
after our airfield strike we sent a sweep to engage the IJA fighters that were being alerted. Unfortunately, the Hurricane once again proves to be a piece of chunk compared to the Oscar. Even though those are my most experienced pilots (mostly 70+) the Hurricanes are absolutely helpless against the IJA fighters. When the Tojo will show up in late 42, there´s no way to use Hurricanes anymore. As bad as the Hurricane performs, as well is the Warhawk performing (with less exp pilots). I guess the P-40 achieved a kill rate better than 5:1 and this is absolutely amazing. Lots of the damaged aircraft were lost but in the end we achieve a positive kill rate (30:31 in A2A). Looking at the pilots, we lost 5 Warhawk pilots and 17 Hurricane pilots. What is surprising again is the fact that Hortlund moved out all his fighters from Mandalay, pulling them back to Rangoon. So either he´s planning something or 1:1 losses are something he doesn´t like. Mandalay has some 60.000+ reported troops so I guess it´s full of AA regiments and base forces, probably the best defended base on the map. Perhaps I will try a high level attack at some point but I´m not sure it´s worth it.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 30
Wellington III x 97
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 71
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
CW-22 Falcon x 6
Wellington III x 27
Hurricane IIc x 14
B-26B Marauder x 46
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 8 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 69
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
we keep on hitting Akyab´s airfield, unfortunately only a few supply hits... Airfield is 100% damaged, I don´t know how long it takes until it´s completely repaired, but I guess there are somewhere around 100 eng at Akyab.
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 26
No Japanese losses
Runway hits 6
Aircraft Attacking:
26 x G3M Nell bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 55
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
Hortlund provided us with a training target that we can engage from Midway. This is the dot base 5 hexes East of Midway where he landed some troops...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 22
Martlet II x 7
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tango Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Albacore launching torpedoes at 200 feet
we sent in the carriers again and this time they end up in the best position they could be. They moved as many hexes as we ordered and the empty enemy convoy of APs ends up 4 hexes from my carriers... a slaughter begins...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
Albacore x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
SBD Dauntless x 68
TBF Avenger x 36
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Tango Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teiryu Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 17
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tango Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
SBD Dauntless x 17
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Teiryu Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Zyuyo Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Tango Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Somedono Maru, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
wave after wave tries to attack the ships that are already sunk. I´m really worried about those uncoordinated strikes! My CV TFs consist of max 2 CVs so it shouldn´t be impossible to launch a coordinated strike... doesn´t seem so. What also worried me is the fact that the enemy TF is just one hex West of Gili Gili where we see 60+ fighters on Cap but we´re luck, there´s no leaky Cap that could chew up unescorted wave after wave...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
SBD Dauntless x 34
TBF Avenger x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
MSW Tama Maru #5, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taizin Maru, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Taihei Maru
AP Chinko Maru, Torpedo hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
Hortlund splitted the TF and while the majority tries to engage already sunken ships, the other convoy seems to get away before completely destroyed...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,99
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 9
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 50
F4F-4 Wildcat x 73
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 3 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged
and here comes the expected small strike from Gili Gili. In the end we take down 12 Zeroes and 3 Betties, while losing 3 Wildcats (2 pilots). A 5:1 kill rate with at least 13 IJN pilots that didn´t return, something I can surely live with, especially as the USN pilots are coming in at 60 exp, compared to all other pilots with max 55 exp... 8 out of 9 Betties turned back due to low morale, escaping their death...
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,95
Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
SBD Dauntless x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
AP Taizin Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Chinko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
this tiny strike is all we get in the afternoon... [8|] In the end, we take down 15 IJN pilots and sink 4 medium sized APs (with another one probably in sinking condition) and a MSW. We lose 2 SBDs and 3 F4-F4s. Now the CVs are steaming away full speed as Hortlund surely moved at least 2 daitais of Betties to Gili Gili and did set his Zeroes on escort. We "should" end up 13 hexes away, so easily out of Zero range. We could even end up one hex short to be out of Zero range... we will see. 54 unescorted Betties would get surely slaughtered with a CAP of nearly 130 fighters...
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Day Air attack on TF at 51,95 [8|][8|]
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
G4M1 Betty x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
damn it! We´re begging on the forum to see our bombers not killing theirself against CV or land based Cap when there are other targets in range. So far unheard, but it seems Hortlund is able to do exactly this! [:D] In the morning thoses Betties turn back due to low morale and escape. In the afternoon, instead of again attacking my CVs, they go after the single DD 6 hexes West of Gili Gili... [8|] the DD is dead of course... I have to rethink those surface raids in this area as I´m not really willing to take those losses for nothing... either because my DDs suffer from round after round against CLs or due to super short engagements when I send in a superior ship. Lost 4 DDs in a week for one AK sunk, a DD and a CL damaged. That isn´t acceptable...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/03/42
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 61
P-40E Warhawk x 66
Hurricane IIc x 16
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 65
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 25
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
only training raids from both sides today...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 61
P-40E Warhawk x 66
Hurricane IIc x 16
No Allied losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 34
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 65
Ki-21 Sally x 23
Ki-49 Helen x 25
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 45
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
only training raids from both sides today...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/04/42
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Sub attack near Kodiak at 108,34
Japanese Ships
SS RO-33
Allied Ships
TK Angelina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
this is the sub that has been sitting in my base hex for over a week. Sitting there being spotted and attacked by Marauders and being attacked by my DDs... once again I was dumb to think that it would be possible to send in a ship of mine... [>:] the TK will make it...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 65
P-40E Warhawk x 49
Hurricane IIc x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
with the retreat of the IJAAF to Rangoon, this gives me the chance to increase the exp of British pilots...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-48 Lily x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 24
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack near Kodiak at 108,34
Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, hits 7
Allied Ships
DD Hull
DD Dewey
DD Farragut
at the end of the day my DDs finally thought they could take revenge for our TK that was hit. One real hit, 6 near misses...
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Sub attack near Kodiak at 108,34
Japanese Ships
SS RO-33
Allied Ships
TK Angelina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
this is the sub that has been sitting in my base hex for over a week. Sitting there being spotted and attacked by Marauders and being attacked by my DDs... once again I was dumb to think that it would be possible to send in a ship of mine... [>:] the TK will make it...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 65
P-40E Warhawk x 49
Hurricane IIc x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
with the retreat of the IJAAF to Rangoon, this gives me the chance to increase the exp of British pilots...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64
Ki-21 Sally x 22
Ki-48 Lily x 27
Ki-49 Helen x 24
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 32
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack near Kodiak at 108,34
Japanese Ships
SS RO-33, hits 7
Allied Ships
DD Hull
DD Dewey
DD Farragut
at the end of the day my DDs finally thought they could take revenge for our TK that was hit. One real hit, 6 near misses...
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And here´s an interesting screenshot of China. Look at Tientsin! [X(] Now I don´t wonder why I had to face so many Japanese troops in China, Hortlund seems to not care at all about garrison requirements. Not even if he loses a lot of factories, oil and ressource sites. Unbelievable to me! [X(][X(][X(]
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/05/42
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TF 21 encounters mine field at Rabaul (61,88)
Japanese Ships
MSW Shawa Maru #10
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ASW attack at 13,20
Japanese Ships
SS I-11, hits 4, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Norman
DD Inconstant
DD Decoy
DD Arrow
DD Van Galen
DD Isaac Sweers
one real hit, 3 near misses... on the shipping lanes a couple of hexes NE of Colombo...
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ASW attack at 42,78
Japanese Ships
MSW Tokuho Maru #5
MSW Mejima Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
another convoy seems to be going South from the SRA to Thursday island...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 81
Spitfire Vb x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 72
Hurricane IIc x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 67
P-40E Warhawk x 62
Hurricane IIc x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Wellington III x 97
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 27
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64
Ki-21 Sally x 21
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 25
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 121
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 26 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 16 destroyed, 86 damaged [8|][8|][8|]
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
Nikmod flak.... [8|][8|][8|] one attack and you have to wait two weeks until your squadrons are up to 80% operational strenght again... 20 B-25s were lost today and we achieved 4!!!! runway hits, the equivalent of what 2 Kates would achieve...
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 44
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 16 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Tokihime Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bushu Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
at least the sacrifice of our B-25 made this attack possible. Amazing hit rate out of a sudden. Must have been my best pilots today. All AKs are dead, two sunk outright. No supply for Thursday island. Must have been LRCAP from Port Moresby as recon shows no fighters at Thursday island and only a very small Cap was seen at Port Moresby... It´s a shame that exactly today the airfield strike went off, when it´s the first day of Cap over Thursday Island. This strike has been ordered since a week...
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TF 21 encounters mine field at Rabaul (61,88)
Japanese Ships
MSW Shawa Maru #10
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ASW attack at 13,20
Japanese Ships
SS I-11, hits 4, on fire
Allied Ships
DD Norman
DD Inconstant
DD Decoy
DD Arrow
DD Van Galen
DD Isaac Sweers
one real hit, 3 near misses... on the shipping lanes a couple of hexes NE of Colombo...
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ASW attack at 42,78
Japanese Ships
MSW Tokuho Maru #5
MSW Mejima Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
another convoy seems to be going South from the SRA to Thursday island...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 81
Spitfire Vb x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 72
Hurricane IIc x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 67
P-40E Warhawk x 62
Hurricane IIc x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Wellington III x 97
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 27
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 64
Ki-21 Sally x 21
Ki-48 Lily x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 25
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 34
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 121
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 26 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 16 destroyed, 86 damaged [8|][8|][8|]
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
35 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 11000 feet
Nikmod flak.... [8|][8|][8|] one attack and you have to wait two weeks until your squadrons are up to 80% operational strenght again... 20 B-25s were lost today and we achieved 4!!!! runway hits, the equivalent of what 2 Kates would achieve...
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 44
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 16 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged
Japanese Ships
AK Tokihime Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bushu Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AK Panama Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
at least the sacrifice of our B-25 made this attack possible. Amazing hit rate out of a sudden. Must have been my best pilots today. All AKs are dead, two sunk outright. No supply for Thursday island. Must have been LRCAP from Port Moresby as recon shows no fighters at Thursday island and only a very small Cap was seen at Port Moresby... It´s a shame that exactly today the airfield strike went off, when it´s the first day of Cap over Thursday Island. This strike has been ordered since a week...
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/06/42
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 56
Spitfire Vb x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 46
Hurricane IIc x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 52
P-40E Warhawk x 62
Hurricane IIc x 9
A-20B Boston x 1
No Allied losses
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-48 Lily x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 16
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 44
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-17E Fortress x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 11 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
DD Okikaze
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
no chance to hit the agile ships after being heavily disrupted by the fighters...
asigint:
31st Heavy AA Battalion is loaded on AP,Meisho Maru moving to Gili Gili.
I think I already got a dozen messages of AA battalions being moved on ships somewhere. If we take all the AA batalions and regiments where I don´t get intel about... [8|] Gili Gili is absolutely a flak base already, nevertheless more and more AA regiments are brought to the front. What Nikmod absolutely needs are stacking limits for units with AA guns! This gets ridicoulos. 90% of my bombers (125 attacking) were damaged with 20 being lost (attack height 11.000) over Thursday Island (I also got intel about an AA regiment being loaded moving to Thursday Island). I know the old story about people filling up bases with a lot of units don´t have units elsewhere but this is just BS as my opponent just doesn´t need AA regiments at Lunga, Rabaul, Truk, Lae or wherever in this region, HE NEEDS THEM AT THREE BASES AND THERE ARE DOZEN OF UNITS WITH AA GUNS... If there are perhaps 80 AA battalions or regiments the Japanese player can place 4 on 20 important bases and there are most certainly never more than 20 bases being front line bases that have to be defended. At the moment there are 3 on Timor, 3 on New Guinea and 3 in Burma. Makes a total of 9 bases that have to be defended by flak guns. Easily enough AA btn around and then there are another 200 base forces...[8|] Before a base will fall it´s easy to take back your AA btn and place them one base further back, so I guess flak will be the main problem for me for the entire campaign. Flak war in the Pacific...[8|]
I would guess it would be better to increase the ability of fighters to take down a bomber while the flak has to be definetely toned down. It´s absolutely "a bit" off the way if flak is 5-7 times more effective than fighters are. I doubt Japanese flak was that strong, nor Japanese fighters that weak. Of course stacking limits could at least somewhat increase the situation. While Hortlund surely enjoys it seeing 2 complete bomber groups being shot up after just one attack, I have already limited myself in my game against Swift to no more than 2 or 3 AA btn at major bases.
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 56
Spitfire Vb x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 46
Hurricane IIc x 14
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Runway hits 35
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 52
P-40E Warhawk x 62
Hurricane IIc x 9
A-20B Boston x 1
No Allied losses
Runway hits 26
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
Ki-21 Sally x 6
Ki-48 Lily x 18
Ki-49 Helen x 16
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 29
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 44
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-17E Fortress x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 11 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 9 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Tama
DD Okikaze
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 1000 feet
no chance to hit the agile ships after being heavily disrupted by the fighters...
asigint:
31st Heavy AA Battalion is loaded on AP,Meisho Maru moving to Gili Gili.
I think I already got a dozen messages of AA battalions being moved on ships somewhere. If we take all the AA batalions and regiments where I don´t get intel about... [8|] Gili Gili is absolutely a flak base already, nevertheless more and more AA regiments are brought to the front. What Nikmod absolutely needs are stacking limits for units with AA guns! This gets ridicoulos. 90% of my bombers (125 attacking) were damaged with 20 being lost (attack height 11.000) over Thursday Island (I also got intel about an AA regiment being loaded moving to Thursday Island). I know the old story about people filling up bases with a lot of units don´t have units elsewhere but this is just BS as my opponent just doesn´t need AA regiments at Lunga, Rabaul, Truk, Lae or wherever in this region, HE NEEDS THEM AT THREE BASES AND THERE ARE DOZEN OF UNITS WITH AA GUNS... If there are perhaps 80 AA battalions or regiments the Japanese player can place 4 on 20 important bases and there are most certainly never more than 20 bases being front line bases that have to be defended. At the moment there are 3 on Timor, 3 on New Guinea and 3 in Burma. Makes a total of 9 bases that have to be defended by flak guns. Easily enough AA btn around and then there are another 200 base forces...[8|] Before a base will fall it´s easy to take back your AA btn and place them one base further back, so I guess flak will be the main problem for me for the entire campaign. Flak war in the Pacific...[8|]
I would guess it would be better to increase the ability of fighters to take down a bomber while the flak has to be definetely toned down. It´s absolutely "a bit" off the way if flak is 5-7 times more effective than fighters are. I doubt Japanese flak was that strong, nor Japanese fighters that weak. Of course stacking limits could at least somewhat increase the situation. While Hortlund surely enjoys it seeing 2 complete bomber groups being shot up after just one attack, I have already limited myself in my game against Swift to no more than 2 or 3 AA btn at major bases.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/07/42
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Wellington III x 97
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 97
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
Akyab has a daitai of Vals now, probably to attack my subs in this area (very few of them) and to attack my MSW (none are left in the area). What is interesting is the fact that there are several IJN subs spotted in this area now. This smells like a resupply mission going to Akyab, perhaps also some troops being brought in. This could fit to the fact that all the IJA/IJN fighters left Mandalay earlier. They are all sitting at Rangoon now. We will increase our naval search aircraft.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
CW-22 Falcon x 6
Wellington III x 31
Hurricane IIc x 16
B-26B Marauder x 43
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 55
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
Akyab airfield "should" be closed...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-48 Lily x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 17
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 46
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M3 Zero x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 24
B-17E Fortress x 61
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 31 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 51 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Bomb hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
DD Okikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
CL Tama isn´t 500lb bomb prove. The Japanese fighters once again fail to take down big numbers of bombers but again I have over 80% damaged. Morale of all involved bombers is near the bottom of course and the repair rate of B-17s is somewhere around 3 a day, means those bombers will be repaired in 2,5 weeks again. Some 40 Mitchells and 30-35 B-17s operational left on the North East coast of Australia. Even though we sunk the CL the attack on Thursday island (4 runway hits, 20 bombers shot down and 80 damaged) and this attack means we have now only around 70 operational bombers left out of 300. [8|] Today 8 bombers were lost, which means this would be somewhere near a disaster in real life (not to talk about nearly all the rest being damaged) but losing the CL surely depressed Hortlund (as I see in his email) but even in stock, this ship would have been sunk by this high number of bombers. Loss rate of bombers would be around 30 though.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
Wellington III x 97
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 97
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
Akyab has a daitai of Vals now, probably to attack my subs in this area (very few of them) and to attack my MSW (none are left in the area). What is interesting is the fact that there are several IJN subs spotted in this area now. This smells like a resupply mission going to Akyab, perhaps also some troops being brought in. This could fit to the fact that all the IJA/IJN fighters left Mandalay earlier. They are all sitting at Rangoon now. We will increase our naval search aircraft.
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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16
CW-22 Falcon x 6
Wellington III x 31
Hurricane IIc x 16
B-26B Marauder x 43
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 55
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
Akyab airfield "should" be closed...
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Day Air attack on Kai Island , at 39,78
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-48 Lily x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 17
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 49
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 125th IJNAF Base Force, at 100,64
Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 46
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 20000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
A6M3 Zero x 36
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 24
B-17E Fortress x 61
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 31 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 8 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 51 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Bomb hits 23, on fire, heavy damage
DD Okikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
CL Tama isn´t 500lb bomb prove. The Japanese fighters once again fail to take down big numbers of bombers but again I have over 80% damaged. Morale of all involved bombers is near the bottom of course and the repair rate of B-17s is somewhere around 3 a day, means those bombers will be repaired in 2,5 weeks again. Some 40 Mitchells and 30-35 B-17s operational left on the North East coast of Australia. Even though we sunk the CL the attack on Thursday island (4 runway hits, 20 bombers shot down and 80 damaged) and this attack means we have now only around 70 operational bombers left out of 300. [8|] Today 8 bombers were lost, which means this would be somewhere near a disaster in real life (not to talk about nearly all the rest being damaged) but losing the CL surely depressed Hortlund (as I see in his email) but even in stock, this ship would have been sunk by this high number of bombers. Loss rate of bombers would be around 30 though.
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IJN CL Tama was sunk off Thursday Island by USAAF bombers! [:)]
Tama was the second of five vessels in the Kuma-class of light cruisers. As with its sister ships, it was intended for use both as a long-range, high speed scout ship, and also as a command vessel for destroyer or submarine flotillas.
Service life
Tama was completed at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki shipyard on 29 January 1921. Immediately after commissioning, Tama was assigned to cover the landings of Japanese troops in Siberia during Japan's Siberian Intervention against the Bolshevik Red Army.
In 1925, Tama was tasked with making a diplomatic voyage to San Pedro in the United States, to return the remains of US Ambassador to Japan, who had died in Tokyo. In 1932, with the Manchurian Incident, Tama was assigned to patrol the northern coasts of China, from its base in Taiwan. However, as the war in China continued to escalate, Tama was involved in operations to cover the landings of Japanese troops in central China.
On 10 January 1935, the German naval attach¨¦ in Tokyo, Captain Paul Wenneker was invited by Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu to tour Tama, Kongo and submarine I-2 at Yokosuka Navy Base. Wenneker was reportedly unimpressed with Japanese naval artillery, and advocated increase use of submarine warfare. [2]
Northern operations
On 10 September 1941, Tama became flagship of Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya's CruDiv 21 with the light cruiser Kiso, in the Japanese 5th Fleet. Tama and Kiso were sent north to Hokkaid¨, in Arctic white camouflage, on 2 December 1941, and were patrolling in the Kurile Islands, at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Both cruisers' hulls were damaged by severe weather, and both returned to dry dock at Yokosuka by the end of the year.
On 21 January 1942, CruDiv 21 departed Yokosuka and was again sent north on patrols around Hokkaid¨, but was recalled after 38 aircraft of US Task Force 16 (USS Enterprise (CV-6)) made a dawn raid on Marcus Island on 5 March 1942. Tama was assigned to the Japanese 1st Fleet with the Hyuga and Ise, and sortied from Hashirajima to search for Admiral William F Halsey, but failed to locate his forces after several weeks of searching.
On 5 April 1942, CruDiv 21 returned to northern waters, but on 18 April 1942 the Doolittle Raid struck targets in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya and Kobe. Tama was again recalled to join in another unsuccessful pursuit of Halsey. For the rest of April and most of May, Tama resumed its northern patrols.
On 28 May 1942, Tama departed Mutsu Bay to participate in the "Operation AL" (the seizure of Attu and Kiska) in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands. After successfully landing forces to seize the islands, CruDiv 21 returned to Mutsu Bay on 23 June 1942. However, Tama was quickly sent back to cover the second reinforcement convoy to Kiska, then patrolled southwest of Kiska in anticipation of an American counter-attack until 2 August 1942. After a brief return to Yokosuka for maintenance, Tama covered the transfer of the Attu garrison to Kiska. On 25 October 1942, CruDiv 21 embarked further reinforcements at Kashiwabara, Paramushiro to Attu. Tama continued to patrol the Aleutians and the Kurile islands and around Hokkaido until 6 January 1943, making another supply run to Kiska in November.
After refit at Yokosuka in early February 1943, Tama again patrolled north from Ominato to Kataoka (Simushir island), to Kashiwabara (Paramushiro) to 7 March 1943. Another major supply run to Attu was made from 7 March to 13 March 1943.
On 23 March 1943, Tama departed Paramushiro towards Attu with Vice Admiral Hosogaya's Fifth Fleet cruisers Nachi and Maya, light cruiser Abukuma and destroyers Ikazuchi, Inazuma, Usugumo, Hatsushimo and Wakaba escorting a three-ship reinforcement carrying troops and supplies for the garrison on Attu. At the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March 1943, against USN Task Group 16.6 with the USS Richmond (CL-9), USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) and four destroyers, in a four-hour running gun and torpedo battle, the Salt Lake City and the USS Bailey (DD-492) were damaged by gunfire. The other destroyers were not damaged. Tama was undamaged, but Nachi was hit several times; however, the Japanese aborted the resupply mission, and returned to Paramushiro on 28 March 1943. Disgraced by retreating from an inferior force, Hosogaya was relieved of command and forced to retire. Vice Admiral Shiro Kawase assumed command of the Fifth Fleet.
Tama remained on guard duty at Kataoka for over a month and then was sent to Maizuru for a refit on 4 May 1943. It was thus absent during the "American Operation Landcrab" to retake the Aleutian Islands, and during Japanese evacuation of Kiska on 19 May 1943. Returning to Kataoka only on 23 May 1943, the Tama resumed guard duties until 5 July 1943. During ¡°Operation Ke-Go" (the evacuation of Kiska) on 7 July 1943) Tama's engines were considered too unreliable for her to participate directly in the evacuation, and it remained behind at Paramushiro. In any event, the mission was aborted due to weather. Tama remained on guard duty in the Kuriles until 30 August 1943.
Operations in southern waters
After a refit at Yokosuka, Tama was sent south with troops and supplies for Ponape, Caroline Islands on 15 September 1943. After stopping by Truk, and returning to Kure, the Tama was ordered to Shanghai on 11 October 1943, to ferry additional troops to Truk and Rabaul, New Britain. After disembarking the reinforcements at Rabaul, Tama was attacked by RAAF Bristol Beaufort bombers from Guadalcanal on 21 October 1943. The Tama's hull plates were damaged by near-misses and it was forced return to Rabaul for emergency repairs.
On 27 October 1943, Tama returned to Yokosuka for a major refit, Its Nos. 5 and No.7 140-mm guns were removed along with its catapult and derrick. A twin 127-mm HA gun was fitted, as were four triple mount and six single mount Type 96 25-mm AA guns. This brought Tama's total number of 25-mm guns to 22 barrels (4x3, 2x2, 6x1). A type 21 air search radar was also fitted. Repairs and modifications were completed on 9 December 1943.
Tama departed Yokosuka 24 December 1943, again for northern waters and remained on patrol to 19 June 1944. Returning to Yokosuka by 22 June 1944, Tama then starts to ferrying army reinforcements to the Ogasawara islands, making two runs to 12 August 1944.
On 30 August 1944, Tama was transferred from CruDiv 21, Fifth Fleet to become flagship of DesRon 11, Combined Fleet, replacing the lost Nagara.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf (20 October 1944), Tama was assigned to Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa Northern Mobile ("Decoy") Force. During the Battle off Cape Engano (25 October 1944), Ozawa's force was attacked by American Task Force 38, with the USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Essex (CV-9), USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Franklin (CV-13), USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Independence (CVL-22), USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), USS Langley (CVL-27), USS Cabot (CVL-28) and the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). Tama was attacked by TBM Avenger torpedo-bombers from VT-21 of the Belleau Wood and VT-51 from the San Jacinto. A Mark 13 torpedo hit the Tama in her No. 2 boiler room. After emergency repairs, the Tama retired from the battle, escorted by the Isuzu, but the Isuzu was ordered to protect the damaged aircraft carrier Chiyoda. The Tama was then escorted by the destroyer Shimotsuki, but later the Shimotsuki too was ordered to assist the damaged carrier Zuiho. Tama proceeded alone at 14 knots towards Okinawa.
Northeast of Luzon, Tama's luck ran out, as the USS Jallao (SS-368), on her first war patrol, picked up the Tama on radar. Its attack of three bow torpedoes from 1,000 yards missed, but its second salvo of four stern torpedoes from 800 yards was more successful. Three torpedoes hit Tama, breaking it in two, and sinking it within minutes, with all hands at 21¡ã23¡äN 127¡ã19¡äE / 21.383, 127.317.
Tama was removed from the Navy List on 20 December 1944.
Tama was the second of five vessels in the Kuma-class of light cruisers. As with its sister ships, it was intended for use both as a long-range, high speed scout ship, and also as a command vessel for destroyer or submarine flotillas.
Service life
Tama was completed at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki shipyard on 29 January 1921. Immediately after commissioning, Tama was assigned to cover the landings of Japanese troops in Siberia during Japan's Siberian Intervention against the Bolshevik Red Army.
In 1925, Tama was tasked with making a diplomatic voyage to San Pedro in the United States, to return the remains of US Ambassador to Japan, who had died in Tokyo. In 1932, with the Manchurian Incident, Tama was assigned to patrol the northern coasts of China, from its base in Taiwan. However, as the war in China continued to escalate, Tama was involved in operations to cover the landings of Japanese troops in central China.
On 10 January 1935, the German naval attach¨¦ in Tokyo, Captain Paul Wenneker was invited by Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu to tour Tama, Kongo and submarine I-2 at Yokosuka Navy Base. Wenneker was reportedly unimpressed with Japanese naval artillery, and advocated increase use of submarine warfare. [2]
Northern operations
On 10 September 1941, Tama became flagship of Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya's CruDiv 21 with the light cruiser Kiso, in the Japanese 5th Fleet. Tama and Kiso were sent north to Hokkaid¨, in Arctic white camouflage, on 2 December 1941, and were patrolling in the Kurile Islands, at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Both cruisers' hulls were damaged by severe weather, and both returned to dry dock at Yokosuka by the end of the year.
On 21 January 1942, CruDiv 21 departed Yokosuka and was again sent north on patrols around Hokkaid¨, but was recalled after 38 aircraft of US Task Force 16 (USS Enterprise (CV-6)) made a dawn raid on Marcus Island on 5 March 1942. Tama was assigned to the Japanese 1st Fleet with the Hyuga and Ise, and sortied from Hashirajima to search for Admiral William F Halsey, but failed to locate his forces after several weeks of searching.
On 5 April 1942, CruDiv 21 returned to northern waters, but on 18 April 1942 the Doolittle Raid struck targets in Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya and Kobe. Tama was again recalled to join in another unsuccessful pursuit of Halsey. For the rest of April and most of May, Tama resumed its northern patrols.
On 28 May 1942, Tama departed Mutsu Bay to participate in the "Operation AL" (the seizure of Attu and Kiska) in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands. After successfully landing forces to seize the islands, CruDiv 21 returned to Mutsu Bay on 23 June 1942. However, Tama was quickly sent back to cover the second reinforcement convoy to Kiska, then patrolled southwest of Kiska in anticipation of an American counter-attack until 2 August 1942. After a brief return to Yokosuka for maintenance, Tama covered the transfer of the Attu garrison to Kiska. On 25 October 1942, CruDiv 21 embarked further reinforcements at Kashiwabara, Paramushiro to Attu. Tama continued to patrol the Aleutians and the Kurile islands and around Hokkaido until 6 January 1943, making another supply run to Kiska in November.
After refit at Yokosuka in early February 1943, Tama again patrolled north from Ominato to Kataoka (Simushir island), to Kashiwabara (Paramushiro) to 7 March 1943. Another major supply run to Attu was made from 7 March to 13 March 1943.
On 23 March 1943, Tama departed Paramushiro towards Attu with Vice Admiral Hosogaya's Fifth Fleet cruisers Nachi and Maya, light cruiser Abukuma and destroyers Ikazuchi, Inazuma, Usugumo, Hatsushimo and Wakaba escorting a three-ship reinforcement carrying troops and supplies for the garrison on Attu. At the Battle of the Komandorski Islands on 26 March 1943, against USN Task Group 16.6 with the USS Richmond (CL-9), USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) and four destroyers, in a four-hour running gun and torpedo battle, the Salt Lake City and the USS Bailey (DD-492) were damaged by gunfire. The other destroyers were not damaged. Tama was undamaged, but Nachi was hit several times; however, the Japanese aborted the resupply mission, and returned to Paramushiro on 28 March 1943. Disgraced by retreating from an inferior force, Hosogaya was relieved of command and forced to retire. Vice Admiral Shiro Kawase assumed command of the Fifth Fleet.
Tama remained on guard duty at Kataoka for over a month and then was sent to Maizuru for a refit on 4 May 1943. It was thus absent during the "American Operation Landcrab" to retake the Aleutian Islands, and during Japanese evacuation of Kiska on 19 May 1943. Returning to Kataoka only on 23 May 1943, the Tama resumed guard duties until 5 July 1943. During ¡°Operation Ke-Go" (the evacuation of Kiska) on 7 July 1943) Tama's engines were considered too unreliable for her to participate directly in the evacuation, and it remained behind at Paramushiro. In any event, the mission was aborted due to weather. Tama remained on guard duty in the Kuriles until 30 August 1943.
Operations in southern waters
After a refit at Yokosuka, Tama was sent south with troops and supplies for Ponape, Caroline Islands on 15 September 1943. After stopping by Truk, and returning to Kure, the Tama was ordered to Shanghai on 11 October 1943, to ferry additional troops to Truk and Rabaul, New Britain. After disembarking the reinforcements at Rabaul, Tama was attacked by RAAF Bristol Beaufort bombers from Guadalcanal on 21 October 1943. The Tama's hull plates were damaged by near-misses and it was forced return to Rabaul for emergency repairs.
On 27 October 1943, Tama returned to Yokosuka for a major refit, Its Nos. 5 and No.7 140-mm guns were removed along with its catapult and derrick. A twin 127-mm HA gun was fitted, as were four triple mount and six single mount Type 96 25-mm AA guns. This brought Tama's total number of 25-mm guns to 22 barrels (4x3, 2x2, 6x1). A type 21 air search radar was also fitted. Repairs and modifications were completed on 9 December 1943.
Tama departed Yokosuka 24 December 1943, again for northern waters and remained on patrol to 19 June 1944. Returning to Yokosuka by 22 June 1944, Tama then starts to ferrying army reinforcements to the Ogasawara islands, making two runs to 12 August 1944.
On 30 August 1944, Tama was transferred from CruDiv 21, Fifth Fleet to become flagship of DesRon 11, Combined Fleet, replacing the lost Nagara.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf (20 October 1944), Tama was assigned to Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa Northern Mobile ("Decoy") Force. During the Battle off Cape Engano (25 October 1944), Ozawa's force was attacked by American Task Force 38, with the USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Essex (CV-9), USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Franklin (CV-13), USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Independence (CVL-22), USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), USS Langley (CVL-27), USS Cabot (CVL-28) and the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). Tama was attacked by TBM Avenger torpedo-bombers from VT-21 of the Belleau Wood and VT-51 from the San Jacinto. A Mark 13 torpedo hit the Tama in her No. 2 boiler room. After emergency repairs, the Tama retired from the battle, escorted by the Isuzu, but the Isuzu was ordered to protect the damaged aircraft carrier Chiyoda. The Tama was then escorted by the destroyer Shimotsuki, but later the Shimotsuki too was ordered to assist the damaged carrier Zuiho. Tama proceeded alone at 14 knots towards Okinawa.
Northeast of Luzon, Tama's luck ran out, as the USS Jallao (SS-368), on her first war patrol, picked up the Tama on radar. Its attack of three bow torpedoes from 1,000 yards missed, but its second salvo of four stern torpedoes from 800 yards was more successful. Three torpedoes hit Tama, breaking it in two, and sinking it within minutes, with all hands at 21¡ã23¡äN 127¡ã19¡äE / 21.383, 127.317.
Tama was removed from the Navy List on 20 December 1944.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/08/42
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ASW attack at 47,88
Japanese Ships
MSW Tokuho Maru #5
MSW Mejima Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
we are shadowing this TF on it´s way to Thursday Island with 4 subs and the damned TF had to pass a sub in EVERY hex it went through for the last week. No hits scored so far. Either the two MSW scare away our subs or our torps miss... [:(] would be really important to shoot up this supply or reinforcement convoy...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 67
Spitfire Vb x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 74
Hurricane IIc x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Runway hits 44
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 79
Hurricane IIc x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 40
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 16
Ki-30 Ann x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 2
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
Tenimbar airfield (island North of Darwin) is built up to level 1 now. Took us 50!! days... Won´t ever reach level 2 I think... but immediately the Japanese airforce comes for a visit, but most bombers failed to locate the target...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
A6M3 Zero x 7
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 47,88
Japanese Ships
AK Tatuno Maru
MSW Tokuho Maru #5
MSW Mejima Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
voilà, next try to attack the convoy to Thursday Island... we miss... [8|]
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ASW attack at 47,88
Japanese Ships
MSW Tokuho Maru #5
MSW Mejima Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
we are shadowing this TF on it´s way to Thursday Island with 4 subs and the damned TF had to pass a sub in EVERY hex it went through for the last week. No hits scored so far. Either the two MSW scare away our subs or our torps miss... [:(] would be really important to shoot up this supply or reinforcement convoy...
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 67
Spitfire Vb x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 74
Hurricane IIc x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Runway hits 44
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 78
P-40E Warhawk x 79
Hurricane IIc x 13
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 40
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 16
Ki-30 Ann x 3
Ki-49 Helen x 2
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-30 Ann bombing at 2000 feet
Tenimbar airfield (island North of Darwin) is built up to level 1 now. Took us 50!! days... Won´t ever reach level 2 I think... but immediately the Japanese airforce comes for a visit, but most bombers failed to locate the target...
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Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade, at 54,92
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
A6M3 Zero x 7
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
No Japanese losses
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 47,88
Japanese Ships
AK Tatuno Maru
MSW Tokuho Maru #5
MSW Mejima Maru
Allied Ships
SS Grenadier
voilà, next try to attack the convoy to Thursday Island... we miss... [8|]