AE = Alpine Edition <-> Rainer79 vs. ranting castor troy

[Kereguelen]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Don't forget the B-25C factory will continue to upgrade and produce later versions. That adds 20 planes/mo to whatever version you are on.

The B-25H factory at LA will also upgrade to the B-25J11 eventually. This will add 15 more planes/month.

And production of the A-20G Havoc will start in September 1943 (25/month).

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Kereguelen

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Don't forget the B-25C factory will continue to upgrade and produce later versions. That adds 20 planes/mo to whatever version you are on.

The B-25H factory at LA will also upgrade to the B-25J11 eventually. This will add 15 more planes/month.

And production of the A-20G Havoc will start in September 1943 (25/month).

thanks guys! This of course changes the situation I thought of completely. I wasn´t aware of the factories upgrading, silly me, it was the same in WITP IIRC so I could have thought about it.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,109

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 6
SC Ch 5
TK Gen'yo Maru
SC Ch 11
SC Ch 10

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 1



SS Guardfish is sighted by escort
Guardfish diving deep ....
SC Ch 11 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 10 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 11 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Guardfish encounters a tanker convoy, this looks like to be the KB replenishment group as it was coming in from the South... to replenish from TK instead of AO the TF has to be at a base, so I´m not really sure. Or these are tankers from the original KB replenishment that has never been disbanded? Don´t know... we don´t attack and Guardfish takes a hit that leaves her back with 30+ flt damage...

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Sub attack near Victoria at 206,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
DD Wilson, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Caldwell



SS I-15 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Wilson
I-15 diving deep ....
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Caldwell fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Wilson is one of the DDs that was damaged during the engagements around Adak and was heading back to Seattle with two more DDs for repairs in Seattle´s shipyard. Just off the coast the DDs were spotted by an IJN sub and one was hit hard, resulting in 84 flt damage, reducing the destroyer´s speed to 1 hex per phase. This left Wilson with the very small chance to make Victoria (port 6 and shipyard). To take it away already, two turns later, Wilson made Victoria, was disbanded and will make it. Estimated repair time: not even two weeks. This again leaves me with the comment that ship repairs seem to be more or less completely based on tonnage and size of shipyard and this leads to borked repair times for lower tonnage ships, like DDs and especially subs. This should be really looked at. No matter how big a shipyard is, you can´t repair a totally wrecked DD or a sub within a week. This also leads to totally unrealistic port times for subs for example, because if the player wishes to do so, he can have his subs out of port 99% of the time. Repair times for everything from CL to CV/BB seem to be ok, below these classes the repair times are off, means far to short.

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 122,47

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 30

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 30 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

this Dutch sub is the only sub left around Northern Japan and is soon running out of fuel... O19 hasn´t achieved anything up there but we will soon begin another sub offensive. Most of my subs have been ordered away from Japan´s vital areas to cover our invasions of Milne Bay and Adak. As those two operations are completed succesfully we can now send out the subs to go on patrol against Japanese merchant shipping again...


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Morning Air attack on 56th Chinese Corps, at 75,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 6 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 56th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 56th Chinese Corps ...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Tsukuba Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

3 out of 125+ bombers decided to attack... given orders obviously were ignored in WWII...

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Afternoon Air attack on Finschhafen , at 100,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 49
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 10


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

lots of supply hits and some hits on the base, that´s an empty level 1 airfield... we keep on trying to find where the enemy fighters are based in this area but day after day we fail... months of recon didn´t give us intel either...

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Afternoon Air attack on Finschhafen , at 100,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 525 troops, 0 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 24

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment

the IJA sends a tank regiment to take Daly Waters again... we´ll be back in two months to try again, just to be thrown back once more probably...


it´s time for the monthly update of our sub statistic...

statistic start 25 Jan 42


Mk-14

attacks 303
exploding hits 53 (18.40% of total hits)
miss 15 (4.95% of total attacks)
duds 235 (81.6% of total hits)

the dud rate went up even some more (0.5% more than since the last stat in June), leaving us with a bad luck dud rate. Considering we´re speaking about salvoes here, a dud rate of 81.6% is totally depressing as it should be below 80%. 303 attacks in 8 months is ok IMO, the hit rate is insane and is what gives us the most hope. From 1/43 on it should become a massacre as even a 50% dud rate will be low enough to do serious damage on the Japanese merchant marine. While IJN subs miss 9 out 10 times when they fire at our escorts, our Mk-14 equipped subs still hit more or less everytime they fire. Over 95% hit rate is something that can´t be much better. Don´t know the accuracy of the IJN torps and the Mk-14, it seems there´s some serious difference.


Mk-10

attacks 36
exploding hits 17 (73.91% of total hits)
miss 13 (36.11% of total attacks)
duds 6 (26.08% of total hits)

our S-class subs are still what they´ve always been so far, more or less useless (except the two torps put into a heavy IJN cruiser lately). 36 attacks in 8 months is nothing, considering the fact that I´ve got dozens of S-class subs out on patrol. They mostly suffer from their extremely low range, when they´re set to patrol somewhere then they´re moving around a lot and this makes them retiring soon. It´s better to have them sit somewhere than having them moving around constantly IMO. While the biggest problem is to get them in contact with a lot enemy shipping, when they meet enemy shipping the performance isn´t great either. Compared to Mk-14 torp equipped subs, the hit rate is a joke with only roughly 64% of the salvoes hitting home, it gets even worse when I see a 26% dud rate. Shouldn´t the Mk-10 dud rate be 20%? Or is it set to 25%? All in all, I´m not happy with my S-class subs...


53.3cm/45cm/21MkVIII

attacks 57
exploding hits 23 (76.67% of total hits)
miss 27 (47.37% of total attacks)
duds 7 (23.33% of total hits)

leaves us with the Dutch and some British subs. What can I say, they are as disappointing as the S-class subs. The only excuse for the performance of the US fleet subs is the non working Mk-14 torp, everything else is just great. Can´t see a real excuse for the rest of my subs, when they meet the enemy, they perform just bad. Having a 23% dud rate is again more than I expected, but the really bad thing here is the totally crazy miss rate of 47%. Nearly halve of the salvoes fired from Dutch or British subs MISS! What an awfully bad performance.


statistic start 25 Feb 42

IJN

attacks 68
exploding hits 27 (84.38% ot total hits)
miss 36 (52.94% of total attacks)
duds 5 (15.63% ot total hits)


now the enemy, 68 attacks in 7 months isn´t really a lot when I compare that to other PBEMs, looks like my usual convoy routing works quite good. When we see enemy attacks then mostly near our major ports where the subs just have to run into one of our convoys sooner or later. Dud rate for IJN torps is set to 15% so they are spot on, the miss rate looks awful on the first look. The reason for this is that (other than USN fleet subs) the IJN subs tend to miss my escorts which are mostly DDs. Guess we had nearly two dozen sub attacks near Australia´s East coast against our DDs in ASW TFs which more or less all missed. This saw the miss rate sky rocketing. IJN subs proved to be a real threat to my capitol ships as most of the times my DDs are useless in attacking the sub first so the sub gets a shot at my CVs. Even having four dozen DDs around my CVs did not really help lately. One succeful attack on Indomitable and one miss against Yorktown. Both times my DDs could not prevent the attack and this really makes me cautious when I´m going into sub invested waters. The enemy has gone over dozens of my subs so many times already without having to fear anything that he really doesn´t have to fear my subs.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 26, 42
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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback is sighted by escort
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 103,120

Japanese Ships
PB Shoei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Maya [&:]
PB Nako Maru #2
PB Shotoku Maru
AMC Kongo Maru [&:]
AMC Kinryu Maru[&:]
DD Umikaze
DD Asagumo

Allied Ships
SS O24

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) [&:][&:][&:][&:]


SS O24 launches 2 torpedoes at PB Shoei Maru
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Asagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what´s that? A troop convoy, a fast transport? Guess you can´t include PBs in a fast transport (at least I hope so) but this then would mean that the PB would NOT carry troops. Confusion here. This definetely is a reinforcement attempt going to one of the bases near the New Guinea front or to a base nearby... once again nice though that the sub picked the worst of all targets... damn target routine... [8|]

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ASW attack near Tsushima at 102,56

Japanese Ships
PB Ichiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback is sighted by escort
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ichiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Rambutyo at 102,122

Japanese Ships
PB Kosin Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-47



SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes
S-47 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

shouldn´t complain, we blow up another PB which seemed to be going around alone...

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ASW attack near Wellington at 114,193

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
DMS Boggs
AM Skylark
APD Waters
xAK Chios
xAK Port Orford
KV Dundas
DMS Perry



SS I-174 is sighted by escort
I-174 diving deep ....
KV Dundas fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Perry fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Dundas fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS Perry fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Perry fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Perry fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Perry fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

sub sitting near Wellington, a heavily escorted troop convoy passes over it, this time the sub didn´t get a chance to fire at one of our freighters... don´t like to see a sub that far South...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

now the next round of "coordination"... it just sucks and I don´t get it what the intention behind it really is...

first squadron... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

second squadron... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

third squadron... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

piece meal strike of the rest... fourth sweep... [8|][8|][8|] again, three squadrons, same base, same target, blah blah blah, four strikes... must be hard to launch 33 fighters of the same type from a level 6 airfield complex to fly together to the same target...

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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Garrison Unit , at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
6 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

the same is true for other areas of course, here are some Warhawks that tried to escort some bombers but failed to do so (of course, they were set to a different alt than the bombers [8|])... this at least 100% of the time results in the sweep going in first (it probably wouldn´t if I would order them to sweep) and we dive on the enemy, shredding the Zeroes... funny is that we ordered the bombers to ground attack a different base but that base probably was empty and then the AI decides on her own what to attack... grmpf...

being dived on, the Zeroes had no chance... no chance...

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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Garrison Unit , at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 10
P-400 Airacobra x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

here comes the escorted strike then, means 40% of the bombers, the rest didn´t take off... we´re back into obeying orders or not, wonder if it really was up to the crews to fly or not...

ordered attacks at two targets, all saw completely failed coordination... both times we haven´t have ordered hundreds of aircraft to attack (which I´m always seem to be accused wanting to see) but only two or three dozen aircraft each, resulting in halve a dozen "strike packs"... ZZZ zzz ZZZ

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 27, 42
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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
xAKL Suez Maru
xAKL Gyokurei Maru
PB Seikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



Captain of SS Grunion elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Grunion diving deep ....
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

great, the skipper decides it´s not worth it attacking a freighter... mmm....

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,110

Japanese Ships
xAK Sensan Maru
PB Kanko Maru
xAK Taikei Maru
PB Koei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Sensan Maru
Trout diving deep ....
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

it´s dud time, don´t know when we saw a Mk-14 exploding the last time...

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Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-1
SC CHa-32

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-1
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud...

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Morning Air attack on Kweilin , at 76,54

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 65 [X(]


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

this strike came in from ONE base... [X(]

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Garrison Unit , at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 8


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(18 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 21000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes

oops, forgot to stand down my bombers at Adak and we see the same thing happening as yesterday, uncoordination... first a "escort-sweep" goes in to tangle with the Zeroes which were quite a lot today but the Warhawks again came out as the winners...

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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Garrison Unit , at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9



Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 6
P-400 Airacobra x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed

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



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 21000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes


then some bombers come in with some escorts, resulting in losses on our side...

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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Garrison Unit , at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-18A Bolo: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 21000
Raid is overhead

follow on strike (we don´t even manage to see 20 aircraft fly 2 hexes together... zzz) and our escorts manage to take down two more Zeroes... now take my strikes and think about what would happen if those piece meal strikes meet 50 fighters on Cap... that´s just off...[8|] perfectly trained pilots weren´t able to fly 90 miles together when the numbers were around two dozen aircraft? Nice joke, really...

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Afternoon Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
C5M2 Babs: 1 destroyed on ground


Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

decided to visit Gasmata today as our recon flights picked up some aircraft there...

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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 21
B-26B Marauder x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the medium bombers from Cooktown were striking at Buna today... Buna and Lae are the only airfields in this area that are level 4, the rest are level 1 airfields. Gasmata is the next bigger airfield (level 2 [:D]) and while I know it´s common tactic for Japanese PBEM players not to build up a lot of bases, in this case this clearly shows the problem of this tactic. Even without having escorts, I´ve got no problem to keep those two "bigger" airfields at Lae and Buna closed, making it more or less impossible for the Japanese to use their LBA in this area against me. I won´t suppress Rabaul (even that I could reach it with Liberators from Cooktown or that I could base 75 4Es at Milne Bay already) because recon reports quite a number of fighters there (together with a lot of other aircraft) but even more due to the fact that Rabaul is too far away from the front to be a real threat anyway. Zeroes can escort Betties and Nells from Rabaul to Milne Bay but Milne Bay is secured anyway already. And Zeroes aren´t a threat anymore they are shot to pieces if they meet our fighters with 70 skilled pilots. Leaves the Tojo threat that can be based at Gasmata but the Tojo´s range is "limited" not reaching out far enough in this area IMO.




note the three Glens that were shot down over Milne Bay, also two Jakes were shot down over the base with a Babs taken down by Milne Bay´s flak... Jakes over Milne Bay alerts us though as this probably means enemy shipping in range...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 28, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,109

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 6
SC Ch 5
SC Ch 11
SC Ch 10

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 1



SS Guardfish is sighted by escort
SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 11 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Guardfish takes one hit and is moderately damaged...

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Sub attack near Truk at 113,114

Japanese Ships
xAK Sensan Maru
PB Kanko Maru
xAK Taikei Maru
PB Koei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus



SS Nautilus launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Sensan Maru
Nautilus diving deep ....
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we score more duds... it´s been a complete joke lately... making a 80% dud rate a 100% dud rate?

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ASW attack near Truk at 112,115

Japanese Ships
PB Koei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish is sighted by escort
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Koei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Rambutyo at 101,122

Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-18



SS S-18 launches 4 torpedoes at PB Takunan Maru #5
S-18 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

Mk-10 obliberates a lonely PB...

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ASW attack near Panggoe at 112,133

Japanese Ships
DD Myojinami
DD Tadeyame
DD Suruyame

Allied Ships
SS S-38, hits 3



SS S-38 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Myojinami
DD Tadeyame fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Suruyame attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

those have missed the DD... looks like the enemy is up to something again... either KB or surface combat forces moving towards Milne Bay or Rabaul... they´re passing through the Solomons...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 29, 42
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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109

Japanese Ships
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Tama Maru #8
PB Shuko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 4 torpedoes at PB Sonan Maru #5
Trout diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds of course... Mk-14 afterall...

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Submarine attack near Emirau Island at 103,121

Japanese Ships
PB Shoei Maru, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Saury



PB Shoei Maru is sighted by SS Saury
SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes

more duds, this PB was already heavily damaged...

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ASW attack near Sydney at 93,170

Japanese Ships
SS I-171

Allied Ships
AM Katoomba
AM Ipswitch
TK Salland
TK Peik
TK Osthav
AM Oriole
AM Kapunda
AM Junee



Captain of SS I-171 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-171 diving deep ....
AM Oriole fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Katoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Kapunda fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Junee fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Katoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Katoomba attacking submerged sub ....
AM Katoomba loses contact with SS I-171
AM Katoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Katoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Katoomba fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

as long as my tankers aren´t shot at...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

sweep one... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

sweep two... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

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


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Hokoku Maru
AMC Aikoku Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

only 10% of my bombers decide to launch despite all being set to attack (as usual?) but have no chance in a thunderstorm to score a hit on the unloading ships... Wewak seems to become part of the Japanese defensive line on New Guinea... not built up yet, only getting reinforcements it seems... guess at some point Rainer has to build up a complex of bases because only having two level 4 airfields around PM for example shows the problem for the Japnese, a small number of bigger airfields can be suppressed without much of a problem, but if there are 4 or 5 this will be a hard task...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 18
B-26B Marauder x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

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



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
1 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

Buna had no fighters but 3 of them were leaking to PM... whenever our medium bombers meet enemy fighters unescorted it´s bad news, no matter how few fighters they encounter...

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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 6


No Allied losses



Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AMC Hokoku Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet *
Naval Attack: 5 x 500 lb SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

sweep three... [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

sweep four... [8|] really getting sick of it, four separated strikes as usual, three squadrons going in alone, the rest of the three squadrons was "coordinated"... what a joke...

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Afternoon Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Amchitka Island at 156,52

Japanese Ships
PB Sureboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise launches 4 torpedoes at PB Sureboko Maru
Porpoise diving deep ....
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sureboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

more duds... when did we score the last Mk-14 hit that actually exploded? [>:]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 30, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,109

Japanese Ships
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish is located by PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
PT-20
PT-21
PT-22
PT-23



Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-23 at 10,000 yards
DD Sagiri engages PT-21 at 10,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-23 at 10,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages PT-21 at 10,000 yards
Paxton, G.D. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards
DD Shirayuki engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-21 at 11,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-20 at 12,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-21 at 12,000 yards
DD Shirayuki engages PT-23 at 12,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages PT-20 at 12,000 yards
Paxton, G.D. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Chokai engages PT-23 at 12,000 yards
CA Atago engages PT-23 at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-21 at 12,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages PT-21 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

now I know what´s going on... even though my patrols haven´t spotted the IJN coming in yesterday, the sub that was attacked in this area should have warned me... at this stage I would have bet that we´re talking about a naval bombardment of Milne Bay... got quite a substantial fighter force there at the airfield, the base is only covered by PT boats...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Atago
CA Chokai
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
PT-122
PT-123
PT-125, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-126, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-122 at 12,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-122 at 12,000 yards
DD Shirayuki engages PT-126 at 12,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-126 at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-126 at 10,000 yards
DD Sagiri engages PT-126 at 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-126 at 10,000 yards
DD Shirayuki engages PT-126 at 10,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-126 at 10,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages PT-126 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-126 at 11,000 yards
CA Atago engages PT-126 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-122 at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-122 at 11,000 yards
CA Atago engages PT-126 at 11,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-122 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-126 at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-126 at 11,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages PT-126 at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CA Takao engages PT-126 at 12,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-122 at 12,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-125 at 12,000 yards
PT-126 sunk by DD Fubuki at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-122 at 11,000 yards
DD Shirayuki engages PT-125 at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-125 at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages PT-125 at 10,000 yards
DD Sagiri engages PT-125 at 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-125 at 10,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-125 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-125 at 11,000 yards
DD Sagiri engages PT-125 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-125 at 11,000 yards
DD Shirayuki engages PT-125 at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-122 at 11,000 yards
Nolan, N.P. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range closes to 10,000 yards
DD Sagiri engages PT-125 at 10,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-122 at 10,000 yards
DD Shirayuki engages PT-122 at 10,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages PT-125 at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
DD Sagiri engages PT-125 at 9,000 yards
DD Hatsuyuki engages PT-125 at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CA Chokai engages PT-125 at 11,000 yards
PT-125 sunk by CA Takao at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...

next round... it´s a pity that we´ve got 9 out of 10 days really bad weather but today when the enemy is coming in to bombard our base it´s perfectly fine weather and our PTs are spotted and suprised...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
CA Aoba
CA Kako
DD Amagiri
DD Oboro
DD Akebono
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio
DD Yamanagiri

Allied Ships
PT-28
PT-29
PT-30, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-42



Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 12,000 yards
BB Mutsu fires at PT-42 at 12,000 yards
PT-30 sunk by BB Mutsu at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
DD Yamanagiri engages PT-42 at 11,000 yards
DD Sazanami engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards
DD Akebono engages PT-42 at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Yamanagiri engages PT-42 at 12,000 yards
DD Akebono engages PT-28 at 12,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages PT-28 at 12,000 yards
Szukalski, H.O. orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...

most of the IJN is operating here it seems...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
DD Kosugiri
DD Myojinami
DD Suruyame
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
PT-24
PT-25
PT-26
PT-27



Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-24 at 11,000 yards
Berardi, R.L. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 12,000 yards
BB Yamato engages PT-27 at 12,000 yards
DD Tadeyame engages PT-27 at 12,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-27 at 12,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-24 at 12,000 yards
BB Yamato engages PT-27 at 12,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-27 at 12,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-24 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

also Yamato with only four DDs... Rainer is very confident it seems, I´ve got two dozen subs (those with working torps) in this area but as they aren´t IJN subs, the enemy has nothing to fear about...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
DD Kosugiri
DD Myojinami
DD Suruyame
DD Tadeyame

Allied Ships
PT-116, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-117
PT-119
PT-121, Shell hits 1, and is sunk



Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Tadeyame engages PT-121 at 7,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-119 at 7,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-116 at 7,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-121 at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-121 at 5,000 yards
DD Tadeyame engages PT-119 at 5,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-116 at 5,000 yards
PT-119 engages DD Myojinami at 5,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-119 at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-119 at 3,000 yards
PT-121 sunk by DD Suruyame at 3,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-119 at 3,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-117 at 3,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-119 at 3,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-119 at 3,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-119 at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
PT-119 engages BB Yamato at 4,000 yards
DD Tadeyame engages PT-119 at 4,000 yards
PT-116 sunk by DD Myojinami at 4,000 yards
De Gregory, O.M. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Tadeyame engages PT-119 at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-119 at 8,000 yards
DD Tadeyame engages PT-119 at 8,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-119 at 8,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-117 at 8,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-119 at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
DD Suruyame engages PT-117 at 10,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-117 at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Myojinami engages PT-119 at 12,000 yards
DD Kosugiri engages PT-117 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
DD Natsushio
DD Shigure
DD Murasame
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
PT-59
PT-60
PT-61
PT-115



Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 82% moonlight: 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages PT-61 at 11,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages PT-61 at 11,000 yards
DD Murasame engages PT-61 at 11,000 yards
DD Shigure engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
DD Murasame engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
DD Shigure engages PT-61 at 11,000 yards
DD Shigure engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
BB Haruna engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages PT-115 at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
DD Natsushio engages PT-115 at 12,000 yards
BB Haruna engages PT-61 at 12,000 yards
DD Kawakaze engages PT-115 at 12,000 yards
DD Murasame engages PT-61 at 12,000 yards
DD Shigure engages PT-61 at 12,000 yards
Task forces break off...

7 IJN BBs are operating against Milne Bay and it´s just annoying that my subs are useless day after day after day, while our heavily escorted DDs stumble over an enemy sub in the middle of nowhere and you most times can be sure that a capitol ship is put out of action... grrr[:@]

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Sub attack near Truk at 113,110

Japanese Ships
AO Toei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AO Toho Maru
AO Nippon Maru
AO Ken'yo Maru
DD Tagonami

Allied Ships
SS Grayling



SS Grayling launches 6 torpedoes at AO Toei Maru
Grayling diving deep ....
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tagonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the only positive today... fuel cargo is burning, but this is very close to Truk so I´m not sure the AO is sunk. But even if the ship isn´t sunk, I guess it will be stuck at Truk with major floatation damage as Truk has got no shipyard and can´t repair major flt damage on an AO. This should be considered a kill.

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Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133[8|]

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-4 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
BB Kongo


Allied ground losses:
172 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (5 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Airbase hits 35 [8|]
Airbase supply hits 13 [8|]
Runway hits 120[8|]
Port hits 1

BB Kirishima firing at Milne Bay
BB Hiei firing at Milne Bay
BB Haruna firing at 18th British Division
BB Kongo firing at 41st Infantry Division

is this what was meant by toned down? Granted, I´m not suffering the 400 hits on the airfield PzB achieved with his bombardments against AndyMac, but also in this campaign, I can´t confirm that the "toned down" actually works. The losses within the support LCUs at the bombarded base have been toned down considerably but the hits on the base itself is something I can´t see a difference at all. All you need is a high detection level, no difference to WITP here. What happened at Akyab and Chittagong earlier in this PBEM is now happening at Milne Bay... nukes... considering the low aircraft replacement numbers and today´s losses, this was not really different at all to WITP where the aircraft losses would have been higher but also the replacement rates.

I was more than amazed that only one TF bombarded the base, if all TFs would have done a bombardment, we would probably speak about 500+ hits on the base and 4 times more ac lost... [8|]

considering the number of subs in this area, it would be more than cool if luck would change side at some point and we could get at least a shot at an enemy capitol ship...




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Submarine attack near New Hanover Island at 104,122

Japanese Ships
PB Shoei Maru, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Grenadier



PB Shoei Maru is sighted by SS Grenadier
SS Grenadier launches 6 torpedoes

we only keep on scoring dud torps on already heavily damaged crap vessels...

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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,46

Japanese Ships
PB Teshio Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 bottoming out ....
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Teshio Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 26,000 Yards [&:]

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
CA Aoba
CA Kako
DD Amagiri
DD Oboro
DD Akebono
DD Sazanami
DD Ushio
DD Yamanagiri

Allied Ships
PT-20
PT-21
PT-22
PT-23



Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
Allied TF attempts to evade combat
Range increases to 26,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 26,000 yards
DD Yamanagiri collides with DD Ushio at 101 , 133
Allied PT Boat TF evades combat

what the hell is this TF still doing here during the day?

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ASW attack near Adak Island at 162,52

Japanese Ships
SS I-170, hits 4

Allied Ships
DMS Dorsey
DMS Trevor



SS I-170 is sighted by escort
I-170 bottoming out ....
DMS Dorsey fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS Trevor attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Trevor loses contact with SS I-170
DMS Trevor fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Trevor attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Trevor is out of ASW ammo
DMS Trevor fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Trevor fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Trevor fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Trevor ran out of ammo and even though I got two AKEs and a level 7 port already (with 400+ naval support - more than at any other base on the map) I can not resupply depth charges... is this a joke or what? [&:]

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Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 101,133

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
SS S-31



DD Ushio is sighted by SS S-31
SS S-31 launches 4 torpedoes

hey, a single DD being left back at Milne Bay... why is beyond me though... S-31 attacks... and... scores a dud...

at some point I will throw my PC out of the window...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-26 Marauder x 28
B-26B Marauder x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 70

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I even used the medium bombers for the attack on Buna... they were set to attack by accident as I don´t want to use them on extended range as they are fragile enough on normal range already... while my heavy bombers are more or less immune to everything, the medium bombers (no matter if Mitchell or Marauder) are very fragile. And those two types are the best medium bombers, I don´t even want to think about all the crap I´ve got that is also called medium bomber...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6


No Allied losses



Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Georgetown at 48,75

Japanese Ships
TK Kanze Maru
PB Chosa Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-23



SS S-23 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kanze Maru
S-23 bottoming out ....
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chosa Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

god damn, what is wrong with this game? DUD!!! [:@] Dud on the DD at Milne Bay and now a dud on a tanker? Heck, we´re talking about Mk-10 torps... [:@]


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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 98,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Yubari Maru
xAK Toyu Maru
xAKL Fuyukawa Maru
xAKL Fukuyama Maru
xAKL Kokuei Maru
xAKL Nanka Maru
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Aiyo Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Yubari Maru
Grunion diving deep ....
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Mk-14 dud of course...

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Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 101,133

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
SS S-31



DD Ushio is sighted by SS S-31
SS S-31 launches 4 torpedoes

Now it´s getting ridicoulos... Rainer must have a nice big smile when watching the combat replay... two Mk-10 duds in a row is a joke but hey, that´s the third Mk-10 dud in a row in this turn... how stupid is this? A destroyer hit... dud... a tanker hit... dud... another DD hit... again a dud... what a fridging joke...

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ASW attack near Maryborough at 97,157

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 6, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD MacDonough
DD Hull



SS I-171 is located by DD Farragut
I-171 bottoming out ....
DD MacDonough fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-171 eludes ASW attack from DD Hull
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another sub is lurking around the Sydney area and my destroyers reacted and actually attacked the sub... the bugger isn´t sunk but at least heavily damaged... means the sub will return and patched up within a couple of days...

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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,127

Japanese Ships
DD Amatsukaze
DD Tanikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hamakaze
DD Tokitsukaze

Allied Ships
SS S-35



SS S-35 is sighted by escort
S-35 diving deep ....
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nowaki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tokitsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

now all the TFs that swept Milne Bay are returning to Rabaul... I guess only this turn, those TFs had to pass over at least 6 or 7 subs and did this without even an attempt of being attacked... there will be the time when luck changes sides... at least that´s what I´m telling myself all the time... if not, I´m the Allied and in mid 44 I get the toys to wreck the Japanese so luck isn´t needed anymore then... [;)]

not really a nice turn for us...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 31, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 101,133, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Ushio, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
PT-20
PT-21
PT-22
PT-23



Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 75% moonlight: 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
DD Ushio engages PT-23 at 4,000 yards
DD Ushio sunk by PT-22 at 4,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

I´m unsure what Rainer wants to achieve with this DD that was left back, I was amazed to see that the destroyer was easily killed by this PT boat squadron... two hits and the DD went down like a stone... hmm, for me, IJN DDs would be too precious to be thrown away this way...

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Sub attack near Madang at 98,123

Japanese Ships
xAK Ikushima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 29

Allied Ships
SS KXV



SS KXV launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ikushima Maru
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Dutch sub with a kill...

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ASW attack near Mussau Island at 106,113

Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Samidare
DD Ariake
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal is sighted by escort
Narwhal diving deep ....
DD Ariake attacking submerged sub ....
DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakaba fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure attacking submerged sub ....
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugure fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Ariake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and a sub being driven off by the escorts... if just my escorts would be that good in guarding my CVs...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 220 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Defending force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Allied adjusted assault: 7

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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


Assaulting units:
3rd USMC Parachute Bn /148

Defending units:
7th Indpt SNLF Coy


lol, I wanted to take Terapo (base North West of Port Moresby) by coup de main and dropped a 100% prepped USMC btn onto the base but had to fnd out that there´s enemy resistance... this was quite amazing to me because more than a month of recon flights showed the base being empty... recon really works here, the base has had a max detection level all the time but we aren´t able to identify any enemy unit there... zzz... will try to bomb the enemy tomorrow but I´m sure Rainer will fly in reinforcements and only a couple of squads will be enough to keep us from taking the bas... I could also close the level 1 airfield but I´m unsure if the WITP bug of transports being able to fly in and out from completely wrecked airfields has been fixed... I don´t even know if it was ever accepted as being a bug...

I already consider this "operation" as failed... it´s a pity because Terapo could have a nice airfield for fighters and medium bombers to wreck havoc around the Lae area, as it stands now, I can only send unescorted heavy bombers from Australia into the Buna and Lae area... not that this wouldn´t work, I just could use some fighters in this area too... even though, I guess I would lose more aircraft in total if I could also bring fighters to the party... [:D]

[castor troy]

We´re entering September, every day brings us closer to 1/43 when we will finally have a semi working Mk-14 torp...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 01, 42
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ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 48,78

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVIII, hits 3



SS KXVIII is sighted by escort
KXVIII bottoming out ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

sent three Dutch long range subs into the Palembang area to wait for tankers... first we meet destroyers though and take light damage...

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ASW attack near Rambutyo at 102,121

Japanese Ships
DD Nenohi
CA Kinugasa
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Hatsuharu
DD Yamakaze
DD Samidare
DD Ariake
DD Yugure
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima

Allied Ships
SS KXV



SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nenohi
KXV diving deep ....
DD Ariake fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Yugure fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Wakaba fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatsushima fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Wakaba fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakaba fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakaba fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakaba fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Wakaba fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what else should the sub attack than the escort? A miss...

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ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-32
SC CHa-1

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



SS Grunion is located by SC CHa-32
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-32 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Malacca at 48,80

Japanese Ships
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS S-23



SS S-23 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Fumizuki
S-23 diving deep ....
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we then miss a destroyer crusing through the Malacca strait...

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Sub attack near Adak Island at 162,53

Japanese Ships
SS I-34, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Cummings
BB Tennessee
BB Nevada
CLAA San Diego
CLAA Atlanta
DD Woodworth
DD Lansdowne
DD Laffey
DD Conyngham
DD Drayton
DD Stack



SS I-34 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Cummings
DD Conyngham fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Drayton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Cummings fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stack attacking submerged sub ....
DD Drayton fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Cummings fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Stack fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stack fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stack fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stack fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Stack fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and then our BB TF at Adak is target for an IJN sub... the torps missed and we achieved a near miss in return...

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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
DMS Taneko

Allied Ships
SS Trout



SS Trout launches 6 torpedoes at DMS Taneko
DMS Taneko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Taneko attacking submerged sub ....
DMS Taneko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Taneko fails to find sub, continues to search...
DMS Taneko fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

lots of sub action today, the outcome pretty much mirror the first ten months of the war... the DMS is hit but we fired duds...

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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
49th FG/7th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

Rainer is now using the trick to avoid the full Cap but killing some of the leaking Cap... Milne Bay is surrounded by a couple of dot bases and dots can be swept... the damned and hated feature of leaking Cap sends out 3 (out of 150) fighters to engage 27 Tojos on extended range... our Warhawks didn´t even get a shot at the enemy and were shredded...

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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
49th FG/8th FS with P-40E Warhawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

same here, leaking Cap has no chance... one Tojo Sentai split up into two attacks... Rainer gets the same stupid uncoordination as we do all the time...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 38


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

3 Zeroes aren´t a threat...
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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10
B-17F Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-26 Marauder x 16
B-26B Marauder x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

trying to whipe out the defenders of Terapo with heavy airstrikes... won´t help as the enemy was reported flying in reinforcements and our paras received not one point of supplies... the way this is handled is also great... [8|] got a fast transport on the move to bring in supplies but decided to pick up my paras immedietely after the supplies have been unloaded... coup de main failed... I wanted to take Terapo and use it as a fighter base soon to cover the Port Moresby invasion, which is planned to happen soon... as we won´t be able to take Terapo (I´ve got no bigger unit prepped for this target as I´ve thought it would be empty - recon... [8|]) the PM invasion will happen even earlier as we won´t wait for Terapo being built up... have ordered some more transports to Townsville to pick up the troops tasked to take PM... this will the next major invasion and I will use by far more ships as I want to unload most (if not all) troops in one turn as I don´t want to fight KB. To be honest, I expect the chances to fight KB on day one of the invasion to be around 50%. All depends on moving near PM unspotted. Milne Bay will be loaded up with fighter to fly LRCAP (with drop tanks), this should give us some 75 fighters more over PM. Our carriers will stay two hexes South West of PM and will only send in some leaking Cap. It could get nasty for our amphibious TFs if KB is positioned in the right place. If KB is close enough to my carriers, it could get nasty for both sides, especially if KB launches also against the invasion... we´ll see...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Amchitka Island at 158,52

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18



Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 4
P-400 Airacobra x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-18A Bolo: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
xAK Kozan Maru



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (10 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes

Kozan Maru caught transferring cargo ...

mmm... I should have known better not to even send my bombers to Adak, let alone setting them to nav attack... we get a small number of bombers with a small number of escorts into the air and not surprisingly they got dived and shredded...


with the losses of our damned leaking Cap from Milne Bay we´ve lost 11 ac A2A today... of course we also lose the usual PBYs and the some of the bombers that are flying naval search, the most dangerous mission in the Pacific... bomber pilots preferre flying Liberators in daylight long range strikes against Capped targets than flying a radar equipped Hudson on a naval search mission...



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 6


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 20



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

the enemy is flying long range strikes from Rabaul...

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Ground combat at Terapo (96,127)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 380 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Defending force 240 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8

Allied adjusted assault: 3

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)


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


Assaulting units:
3rd USMC Parachute Bn /148

Defending units:
7th Indpt SNLF Coy

no chance to achieve something as the enemy already has got parts of another unit here the next turn...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 02, 42
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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAKL Batavia Maru
PB Taikei Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 diving deep ....
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

O19 isn´t a killer... the time the sub spends near Northern Japan is just wasted fuel...

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ASW attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
PB Taikei Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Taikei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on China Air TaskForce , at 65,41

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 19



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb


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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 48
B-26 Marauder x 30
B-26B Marauder x 12


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

Cap over Terapo now, means some trouble... we lose more heavy bombers than usually...

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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-26 Marauder x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 7th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

what a nice number of strike packs...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 36



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 12 on standby, 18 scrambling)
18 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes

sweep one... oh how sick I am about thos single squadron sweeps... there´s another squadron at the same base set to sweep too... our Lightnings got bounced and hit hard...

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
50th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

sweep two, this time we were diving on the Tojos and the Tojos got shredded... result is a 1:1 today, something we can´t afford of course as there are at least 5 times more Tojos produced than we get Lightnings... and Warhawks are no match for the Japanese Corsair...



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Afternoon Air attack on Wau , at 98,126

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 14


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

I´ve nuked every base in the region, but this doesn´t mean I would ever find the base where the Cap is coming all the time... the Japanese in AE must have some magic abilities...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 03, 42
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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 121,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Tatuha Maru
PB Yachiyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS O19



SS O19 is sighted by escort
O19 diving deep ....
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yachiyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *

no leaking Cap, no kill... [:D]

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Morning Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36



Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 18 scrambling)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes

why am I even ordering a strike when I know something that comes even close to coordination isn´t existing in this game... we´re talking about strike pack design afterall... [>:]

strike one...

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Morning Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 29



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed



CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 16 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes

strike two...

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Morning Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 14


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

CAP engaged:
12th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

strike three...

three squadrons set to attack, three strikes... yawn... what a design... the first two strikes were shredded, the third strike shredded the Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Fergusson Island , at 102,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet *

one IJA sentai set to sweep, first strike with 27 fighters, second strike with 9 fighters... yawn... what a design...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 66


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 10 damaged



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

one out of a dozen times you then suddenly get a massive strike...

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Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

with a small follow on strike... Salamaua (level 1) is trashed, but while we face fighters, of course they´re also not coming from that base... every base in the region is nuked, we never find the base where the fighters are coming from...

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Morning Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 28
B-26B Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

as you can see, Rainer flew in parts of an infantry rgt, therefor our paratroopers got no chance to take the base...

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Morning Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 11


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 144th Infantry Regiment, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 9


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-400 Airacobra sweeping at 10000 feet

oh, I forgot, strike one, two and three of the three ordered squadrons to attack isn´t it yet... here comes the piecemeal strike FOUR! [8|]

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Morning Air attack on Amchitka Island , at 158,52

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet

and piecemeal strike FIVE! [8|] who ever came up with such a design is beyond me... don´t tell me that 30 fighters wouldn´t be able to fly 90 miles together when coming from the same base. I´m not talking about a 1000 bomber strike, I´m talking about two or three dozen aircraft all the time. This is ridicoulos, especially when I see that I´m facing 100% of the Cap of one daitai and one chutai at the enemy base... five strikes... pfff.... but that fits into the ongoing loopsided results of one side shredding the other and vice versa. In the end, it equals out and "looks good". That´s probably the reason why some people don´t watch the replays or don´t even look at the combat reports... the end result today was a 2.5 A2A for the Allied. 2.5 ratio is probably acceptable for both sides (no matter who wins or loses). But how did it come to that result? First we take a beating, then the Zeroes took an even worse beating, losing a dozen of their own for only one Warhawk... yeah, the dive... it´s the ongoing loopsided results that I don´t get...

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Morning Air attack on 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 23



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Wau , at 98,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead

we also bomb Wau (level 1) and also engage Cap here, doesn´t mean there would be any aircraft at the base...

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Afternoon Air attack on Wau , at 98,126

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000
Raid is overhead




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ASW attack near Karachi at 39,5

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
xAK Yoma
xAK Empire Raja
PG Lawrence



SS I-11 is sighted by escort
I-11 bottoming out ....
PG Lawrence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Lawrence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Lawrence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Lawrence fails to find sub, continues to search...
PG Lawrence fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 04, 42
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Sub attack near Rabaul at 106,124

Japanese Ships
LB-127

Allied Ships
SS Saury



SS Saury attacking LB-127 on the surface
Burnside, J.L. decides to submerge SS Saury due to damage

[&:]

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Pre-Invasion action off Terapo
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Stringham
APD McKean
APD Little
APD Gregory
APD Colhoun
APD Manley



APD Stringham firing at enemy troops
APD McKean firing at enemy troops
APD Little firing at enemy troops
APD Gregory firing at enemy troops
APD Colhoun firing at enemy troops
APD Manley firing at enemy troops

we´re unloading supplies... senseless as we´re going to pick up our paras tomorrow but I have to unload first [:D]

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Amphibious Assault at Terapo

TF 319 troops unloading over beach at Terapo, 96,127





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Sub attack near Emirau Island at 108,115

Japanese Ships
xAK Terushima Maru
SC Ch 29

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Terushima Maru
Stingray diving deep ....
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

d u d

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Morning Air attack on Eastern Army, at 56,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
32 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet

attempt to take on leaking Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Buna gets another visit but weather is not our friend...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

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



Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Eastern Army, at 56,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet

the usual one unit, two strikes...

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Morning Air attack on 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

it´s really a pity we couldn´t take Terapo by coup de mains as I could have needed that base for some of my fighters... mainly to do offensive sweeps so perhaps it´s good that I wasn´t able to take the base as I would just get pissed by the look of my sweeps...

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Afternoon Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 05, 42
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ASW attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133

Japanese Ships
PB Shotoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-41



SS S-41 is sighted by escort
S-41 diving deep ....
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

have noticed it earlier and it still looks to me like Rainer is moving around single PBs, don´t know for what purpose... this one is encountered in the Solomons...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed



CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(17 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(11 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes

I made a mistake here... Mandalay was reported empty while Shwebo (North) and Magwe (South) were reported to have fighters at the airfield. Therefor I´ve ordered my fighters to sweep Mandalay to take on leaking Cap, just to find out that the recon Hurricanes were damaged and haven´t been flying to Mandalay the last couple of days, therefor losing the info about aircraft at the base or not... this could have turned out worse if there would have been more enemy fighters... especially as we suffer from the nice strike pack design as usual...

strike one

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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

strike two...

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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet *

CAP engaged:
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 30000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

strike three...

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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet *

strike four... four squadrons ordered to attack, four strikes... all coming from the same base... losses equaled out today... I can´t sustain a 1:1 mind you, I´m the Allied player [:D] I had some 150 Warhawks in the pools not that long ago and am now down to around 60-70... for every fighter I could have 5 skill level 70 pilots I guess... I won´t run out of pilots, I will run out of aircraft as soon as I try to fight a prolongued fight... I´m only exhausting my aircraft pools, the enemy does two clicks (aircraft and engines) and doubles his output...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 06, 42
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
xAK Terushima Maru
SC Ch 29

Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 1



SS Nautilus launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Terushima Maru
SC Ch 29 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

lots of traffic around Truk... no wonder, Rainer definetely noticed that this region will be the main front for some time... dud and a near miss in return...

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,109

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 5
SC Ch 6
TK Gen'yo Maru
SC Ch 11
SC Ch 10

Allied Ships
SS Sailfish



SS Sailfish launches 4 torpedoes at SC Ch 5
Sailfish diving deep ....
SC Ch 11 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 10 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

wrong target but duds anyway...

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Submarine attack near Perth at 43,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
xAK Annalock, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage



SS I-166 is sighted by xAK Annalock
SS I-166 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Annalock

unescorted xAK is sunk near Perth... stupid me, this TF was going straight towards Perth instead of setting a waypoint...

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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 79,94

Japanese Ships
xAK Teiryu Maru
PB Gamitsu Maru #1

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish



SS Cuttlefish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Teiryu Maru
Cuttlefish diving deep ....
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Gamitsu Maru #1 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

we score some more duds...

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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 45


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

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



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

excellent result conidering the weather...

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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Buna , at 99,129

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd USMC Parachute Battalion, at 96,127 (Terapo)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 23



No Japanese losses


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


Aircraft Attacking:
23 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-17F Fortress x 11
B-24D Liberator x 5


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

lots of Niks again and me still not having a clue where they´re coming from... with Milne Bay´s airfield reaching it´s max size soon and PM´s airfield being built up quickly too we will soon have fighters for offensive missions available... as it is now, we´re using them defensively... the Nick isn´t a Tojo so I guess our Warhawks will be able to deal with them, while the P-40 has proven often enough that it can deal with the Zero...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

it´s not really a problem to see our heavies going in alone against the enemy fighters anyway... none are lost today... [:D] the USAFF heavy bombers are the only aircraft that I can use extensively and while they´ve got a very limited replacement rate, the pools are still growing... [:)]

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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Dadjangas at 79,94

Japanese Ships
xAK Teiryu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Cuttlefish



SS Cuttlefish launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Teiryu Maru
Sub escapes detection

how could it be different, more duds...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 07, 42
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Submarine attack near Kavieng at 105,123

Japanese Ships
LB-112, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Saury



LB-112 is sighted by SS Saury
SS Saury attacking LB-112 on the surface

Rainer congratulates me for sinking my first barge... I found it not worth the shells... especially when you think about the very limited ammo for ships in this game... on the other side, I´m glad when my subs don´t attack on the surface anyway as they´re usually on the receiving end...

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Sub attack near Eureka at 214,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
AM Caraquet
AM Guysborough



SS I-9 launches 6 torpedoes at AM Caraquet
AM Guysborough fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Caraquet fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

IJN subs have a very hard time hitting any of our escorts... this isn´t true for USN Mk-14 torps, they´re just like homing, still having a hit rate of 95%... insane...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVI



SS KXVI launches 4 torpedoes at DD Mikazuki
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud [:@]

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Sub attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86

Japanese Ships
DD Mikazuki
DD Nagatsuki

Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 3

SS KXVI launches 2 torpedoes at DD Mikazuki
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Nagatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Mikazuki is out of ASW ammo
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Mikazuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

first a dud, then a miss... love it...

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Sub attack near Truk at 110,109

Japanese Ships
xAK Uji Maru
PB Sento Maru

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Uji Maru
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sento Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

ploink...

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Morning Air attack on 26th Indian Division, at 56,46

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 28
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged


Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 23rd Indian Division ...
Also attacking 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...
Also attacking 26th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment ...

the IJAAF is massing it´s effort in Burma it seems... this doesn´t impress me, our flak is strong enough that Rainer will regret it soon if he keeps attacking my groundunits, especially if he doesn´t do any damage other than raisin my disruption by a couple of points... this is one of my two Armies marching into Burma, I expect to meet 6 or 7 IJA divisions (5 attacked Akyab) plus some bgds and support troops...

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Morning Air attack on 18th British Division, at 101,133 (Milne Bay)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 23



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-49-Ia Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

it wasn´t a good day for the IJAAF, losing a dozen bombers for nothing today...

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Afternoon Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3



Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 44
B-26B Marauder x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

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



Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 92

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Port Moresby is the next target on our list, as KB has been in the area since our attack on Milne Bay, I expect KB to intervene strongly when the PM invasion commences... by then, we will have hundreds of aircraft at Milne Bay and can also field 450 carrier based aircraft, so it will be definetely interesting...

for what reason ever, 6 Marauders crashed today... [:o] great, no replacements anymore...

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Afternoon Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 8 damaged



Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 08, 42
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ASW attack near Cairns at 93,140 [:@]

Japanese Ships
SS I-176, hits 3

Allied Ships
AMC Monowai
AM Launceton
AP William Ward Burrows
AP U.S. Grant
AP George F. Elliot
xAP Adelong
xAP Merkur
xAP Wahine
xAP Talthibius
xAP Jalarashmi
xAP Gandara
xAP Comliebank
xAP Clan Maciver
xAP Changte
xAP St. Mihel
xAP Chaumont
xAK Mundalla
xAK Koomilya
xAK Era
xAK Woolgar
xAK Lorrain
xAK Laida
xAK Jeff Davis
xAK Maine
xAK Julia Luckenbach
xAK J.L. Luckenbach
xAK Knoxville City
xAK Lancaster
xAK Challenger
AM Wollongong
AM Townsville
AM Mildura



SS I-176 is sighted by escort
I-176 diving deep ....
AM Wollongong fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Mildura fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Wollongong attacking submerged sub ....
AM Townsville fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Wollongong fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wollongong fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wollongong fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

that´s not good at all... one of the invasion TFs for PM is spotted while leaving port today... the whole fleet has set sail towards Port Moresby, invasion is planned in three days... the question now is if I should turn our convoys back as there´s no doubt that this has alerted my opponent and I guess it´s not hard to figure out that this is either the invasion for Port Moresby or a reinforcement convoy for Milne Bay. As there´s no reason to reinforce Milne Bay, the guess is easy IMO. I expect KB to be at Truk, raising anchor tomorrow to wait for us when we´re in range of PM. The airfields around PM are all trashed (or too small) so I don´t expect airstrikes coming from those fields, Gasmata (level 2) is the only airfield that can be considered a "threat". Rabaul is too far away, could only launch unescorted strikes or perhaps drop tank equipped Zeroes as escorts but those should be easy pray. Needless to say, KB is a threat though, I consider KB being superior to my carrier force, even though we should be able to nearly field the same number of carrier aircraft. One more question is if Rainer also has all his CVLs and his new carriers Junyo and Hiyo with KB or if he sticks with the original layout. If he puts all his carriers into one bag, this could mean trouble. We´ll see, I have decided NOT to turn back as I guess I can´t hide 350 ships going towards PM anway. We have two 100 ship amphib TFs, another 40 ships supply TF, two carrier TFs, two BB TFs and two ASW TFs. This is a massive force and it´s not that easy to field that many ships in one region at this date. Having learnt from the Milne Bay and Adak invasions, we´re using nearly twice the ships to carry troops this time, hoping to unload 90% of our troops in one turn. We won´t have more than one turn, I will turn around my TFs after day one as I don´t want to see a possible prolonged engagement with KB where I could take severe losses. Even though I could dish out some damage too, at this stage of the war, our goal is to do our offensives with as few losses as possible as we´re not in a position to replace any shipping losses easily. The invading Army pretty much looks like the one that went after Milne Bay (where we had absolute superiority, better say it was complete overkill), we´ve got two divisions with support troops, all 100% prepped. The Japanese have a division and a base force at PM so I don´t expect it to be a hard fight, especially as I´ve got 200 bombers in Australia being able to fly attacks against the IJA division. IJN subs are considered a real threat and KB of course, the worst case scenario would be KB not coming in from the North, launching strikes out of the Bismarck Sea but coming from the South East, blocking our retreat path back to Australia. This would be a very bold move though and this probably won´t happen if KB is at Truk as the distance to get there would be too far IMO. It would place KB also into range of our LBA in Australia (all unescorted) and I could also station dive bombers together with fighters at Milne Bay, so if you aren´t a real agressive Japanese player, you probably wouldn´t do such a move. What Rainer doesn´t know is that I plan not to send any DB to Milne but fill out the airfield with fighters only to fly LRCAP over PM (drop tank equipped). And my LBA is just crap, even though I only field squadrons with crews that have 65-70 navb skill. My carriers will also stay two hexes off PM, so the invasion force is pretty much on it´s own. There are many variables and if something goes wrong, it could become really bloody (for us).

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ASW attack near Karachi at 39,5

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
KV Thyme



SS I-11 launches 6 torpedoes at KV Thyme
I-11 bottoming out ....
KV Thyme fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Thyme fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Thyme fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Thyme fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Thyme fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

escort of a troop convoy is attacked but missed... All our convoys coming from off map in this reagion enter the map at the same location so it´s quite easy for Rainer to figure out where our convoys are... should have sticked with the hr or not entering the areas to the off map regions... oh well...

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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,87

Japanese Ships
xAK Nanko Maru
PB Jokuja Maru

Allied Ships
SS O20



SS O20 is sighted by escort
O20 bottoming out ....
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Jokuja Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Cairns at 93,140

Japanese Ships
SS I-176, hits 1

Allied Ships
AM Cowra
AM Cessnock
xAK Jaladurga
AM Echuca
AM Dubbo



SS I-176 launches 6 torpedoes at AM Cowra
AM Echuca attacking submerged sub ....
AM Dubbo fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Cowra fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Echuca fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cowra attacking submerged sub ....
AM Cowra loses contact with SS I-176
AM Echuca fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cowra fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Echuca fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Echuca fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Echuca fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Echuca fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

another convoy is attacked, also this sub misses the escort...

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Sub attack near Perth at 47,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
AM Ballarat
AM Outarde
AM Cairns



SS I-166 launches 4 torpedoes at AM Ballarat
I-166 diving deep ....
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cairns fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cairns fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Outarde fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the I-166 attacks and misses one of our ASW TFs off Perth...

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Sub attack near Penrhyn Island at 166,162

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 1

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga, Torpedo hits 1 [:@][:@][:@]
DD Frazier
DD Bailey
DE Pillsbury



SS I-6 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Saratoga
I-6 diving deep ....
DD Frazier fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Bailey attacking submerged sub ....
DE Pillsbury attacking submerged sub ....
DD Bailey fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Pillsbury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Pillsbury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Pillsbury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Pillsbury fails to find sub, continues to search...
DE Pillsbury fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

what the hell is happening in this PBEM? IJN subs hit our carriers at will, no matter if there are 10 DDs as escorts or if there are 50 DDs in the hex... I´m still waiting for the day when luck changes sides again... [:@] 8 months ago, Saratoga was leaving LA with a strong escort and three days later stumbled over an IJN sub, result were two torps hitting Sara... She went back into port for over halve a year of repairs to leave the shipyard two weeks ago to go together with modern BB and a strong escort to Australia to replace Indomitable and strenghten our position there... and then? In the middle of nowhere we again stumble over an IJN sub that of course again isn´t driven off by our DDs and puts another torp into Saratoga... what a joke... every time IJN subs ended up in the same hex as my carriers, a carrier took a beating... IIRC this is the fourth time a sub has hit a heavily escorted, UNDAMAGED CV... [8|]

and we´re even lucky, no sys damage and "only" 13 major flt (18 total) so the carrier isn´t in trouble but with no shipyard being big enough in Australia to repair the flt damage, it will take me at least four to five weeks for transit (back and forth) and probably another three weeks for repairs, so Saratoga is again out of the war for at least two months. This means due to the IJN subs, Saratoga has completely missed the first year of the war... grrr

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 12



No Japanese losses



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 42


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 66

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged



Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead
1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

we trash Salamaua, meeting enemy fighters of course... where the hell are they coming from... always the same units, covering Finshhafen, Lae, Buna, Wau and Salamaua... and even though we nuke those bases day after day we never destroy an enemy aircraft nor has daily recon for months been able to spot a single aircraft at those bases... another mistery...


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Morning Air attack on Wau , at 98,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 28
B-17F Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 19


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 101

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Wau and Salamaua are both trashed, those are level 1 airfields so they should be 300% damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Salamaua , at 98,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Wau , at 98,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Karachi at 39,5

Japanese Ships
SS I-11

Allied Ships
DD Witte de With
DD Kortenaer



SS I-11 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Witte de With
I-11 bottoming out ....
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
DD Witte de With cannot reach attack position over SS I-11
DD Witte de With loses contact with SS I-11
SS I-11 eludes DD Witte de With by hugging bottom
SS I-11 eludes DD Witte de With by hugging bottom
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kortenaer fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we´ve got a DD TF patrolling the off map entry area around Karachi and one of the DDs acts as a target... the sub missed but gets away unharmed...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 09, 42
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ASW attack near Adak Island at 162,52

Japanese Ships
SS I-4

Allied Ships
PT-67



SS I-4 is sighted by escort
I-4 bottoming out ....
Escort abandons search for sub

never seen this before...

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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
SS O20



SS O20 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shinonome
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

nice! Don´t know if the DD will sink though, only one day out to get into Singapore´s shipyard. If the DD will be able to make port, the ship will be saved...

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ASW attack near Perth at 47,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
AM Pieter de Bitter
AM Abraham Crijnssen



SS I-166 is located by AM Pieter de Bitter
I-166 diving deep ....
AM Abraham Crijnssen fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Abraham Crijnssen fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Pieter de Bitter fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 108,111

Japanese Ships
CV Hiryu, Torpedo hits 1 [&o]
CA Chikuma
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Yamagumo
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at CV Hiryu
Seal diving deep ....
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and that´s what I´ve been waiting for... luck has swung to our side this turn. As expected, KB raised anchor and is moving towards the expected invasion of Port Moresby... we´ve got a lot of S-class subs (and some short ranged Dutch subs) in the Bismarck Sea, blocking the sealanes in the Solomons and East of Milne Bay and more than halve a dozen USN fleet subs are patrolling around Truk. While I expected it to be dangerous for the IJN as soon as areas with S-class subs are entered, the first hit is achieved by one of our fleet subs. The Mk-14 has hit home as usual and also ignited. An ammo storage explosion was reported but the ship isn´t reported as heavily damaged. Nevertheless I don´t expect Hiryu to continue heading South, which means one carrier less we have to fear the next couple of days... could not start any better... [:)]

especially the entrance into the Bismarck Sea East of Admirality Islands is heavily patrolled by my subs (those that have working torps). Going in West of Admirality is much more safe but I doubt that Rainer is really aware how many subs I´ve got around the Bismarck Archipelago. If I would be Rainer, I would position KB at the max torp range to hit PM but not further out, that way he could trash my invasion (or at least seriously harm it) without having to fear to be in range of my carriers which he by no doubt expects to be in the area too.




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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 16



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 38


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

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



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

why we meet nearly a dozen fighters all the time is making me shake my head turn after turn...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Finschhafen , at 100,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 17


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 43

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Finschhafen , at 100,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-17F Fortress x 10
B-24D Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

with Finschhafen heavily hit today too (level 1 airfield) there´s just nothing left that could be seen as operational in the area... do the Japanese stealth fighters care about? No, they just keep on flying from somewhere I have no clue. Can´t be LRCAP either as they show up over several bases at once, so what else than leaking Cap can that be? Mistery, all airfields trashed on and on, all airfields been reconned for months... nada, no airfield symbol or a single damaged ac on the ground... never...

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

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


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Finschhafen , at 100,126

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 10, 42
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ASW attack near Perth at 47,147

Japanese Ships
SS I-166, hits 1

Allied Ships
AM Outarde
AM Cairns



SS I-166 is sighted by escort
AM Outarde fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Cairns fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cairns fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cairns attacking submerged sub ....
AM Cairns loses contact with SS I-166
AM Cairns cannot reach attack position over SS I-166
AM Cairns attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-166 eludes ASW attack from AM Cairns
AM Cairns fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Cairns fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Got lots of shipping going to Perth the last months but except the one sinking of an unescorted freighter just recently, the enemy subs here didn´t achieve much. You just have to keep using waypoints, the ocean is a big place... most of the supply that is brought to Australia is coming in via Cape Town - Perth. When I move in reinforcements from the US West Coast then I´ve also got those ships loaded with supply of course, but so far have nearly done no supply only mission from the West Coast to Australia...

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ASW attack near Eureka at 214,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-9

Allied Ships
YP-343



SS I-9 is located by YP-343
I-9 diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub

still some subs lurking around the US West Coast...

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Sub attack near Mussau Island at 105,115

Japanese Ships
PB Keijo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Perch



SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes
Perch diving deep ....
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Keijo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

dud...

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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby

128 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
DD La Triomphant
PG Moresby
PG Charleston
PC Reliance
AMC Hector
AM Bellechasse


Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)


DD La Triomphant firing at 4th Division
PG Moresby firing at 4th Division
PG Charleston firing at 4th Division
PC Reliance firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

here we go, it took our convoys one day less to reach position to launch the invasion of Port Moresby... this is our most important invasion so far, with PM in Allied hands again, the bases around Lae get untenable for the Japanese... considering the not really dangerous 4E missions we´ve been flying for months against those bases I would say they are already untenable but with dive bombers and Wildcats to escort them, there won´t be much shipping going into those bases... Rainer should already focus on building up bases far over a dozen hexes away from PM IMO. From a recent statement and how it has been going since my attack on Adak and Milne Bay, it seems Rainer underestimated our ability to launch such invasions at this date already.

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Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby

TF 64 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130


Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)


13 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 101st USN Base Force
5 troops of a US MMG Section lost in surf during unload of 34th Combat Engr Rgt
Motorized Support damaged beyond repair during unload of 255th USN Base Force /160
Engineer Vehicle lost in surf during unload of 151st Combat Engr Rgt /170
Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of 101st USN Base Force /165


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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby

128 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Trenton
AMC Westralia
AM Kapunda


Allied ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)


CL Concord firing at 4th Division
CL Marblehead firing at 4th Division
CL Trenton firing at 4th Division
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby

TF 79 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130


Allied ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)


13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 40th Infantry Div /159
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of I US Amphib Corps /165
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of I US Amphib Corps /165
10 Support troops lost overboard during unload of I US Amphib Corps /165
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of I US Amphib Corps /167
5 troops of a US MMG Section lost in surf during unload of Americal Infantry Div
Scout Car accidentally lost during unload of Americal Infantry Div /158
Halftrack lost overboard during unload of Americal Infantry Div /158
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of Americal Infantry Div /159
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of Americal Infantry Div /161
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad accidentally lost during unload of Americal Infantry Div /163
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of Americal Infantry Div /164
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of Americal Infantry Div /165
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost from landing craft during unload of Americal Infantry Div /166
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost overboard during unload of 40th Infantry Div /162
10 Support troops lost in surf during unload of Americal Infantry Div /172
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 40th Infantry Div /166
10 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 40th Infantry Div /172
Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 40th Infantry Div /175
10 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of Americal Infantry Div /181
Motorized Support dropped into water during unload of Americal Infantry Div /183

having your units 100% preeped really makes invasions a cake walk... [:)]

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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby

81 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAK Anniston City


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


4th Division firing at xAK Anniston City
xAK Anniston City firing at enemy troops
xAK Anniston City firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards

there are also two or three single ship TFs unloading at PM... why? Because I could not transfer those ships into my amphibious TFs due to a strange kind of bug... I usually form a TF, order it to load a single unit, then transfer this TF into the amphib TF... this has worked for more than 200 ships in this case, but not for two or three with troops on them... therefor those single ship TFs are going in alone...


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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Echuca
AM Dubbo
AM Cowra
AM Cootamundra
AM Cessnock
AM Bowen
xAK Ping Wo



AM Echuca firing at enemy troops
AM Dubbo firing at enemy troops
AM Cowra firing at enemy troops
AM Cootamundra firing at enemy troops
AM Cessnock firing at enemy troops
AM Bowen firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby

TF 362 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130

this is one of the supply TFs... just like at Milne Bay, having such supply TFs as amphib TFs sometimes works and sometimes it doesn´t... at Milne Bay, the supply TF immedietely turned around without unloading, here at PM it was unloading but then turned around during the day... this is just BS... it seems that this only really works if you have your supply carrying ships in the same TF as you troop carrying ships... mmm...[8|]

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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby

97 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAK Hurricane


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)


4th Division firing at xAK Hurricane
xAK Hurricane firing at enemy troops
xAK Hurricane firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

that´s the next single ship TF...

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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby

83 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AMC Hector
AMC Corfu
PG Moresby
PG Charleston
PC Reliance
AM Bellechasse


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)


4th Division firing at AMC Hector
4th Division firing at AMC Corfu
PG Moresby firing at enemy troops
PG Charleston firing at enemy troops
PC Reliance firing at enemy troops
AMC Hector firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby

60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Marblehead
CL Trenton
AMC Westralia
AMC Monowai
AM Kapunda


Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


CL Concord firing at 8th Base Force
CL Marblehead firing at 4th Division
CL Trenton firing at 4th Division
4th Division firing at AMC Westralia
4th Division firing at AMC Monowai
AMC Westralia firing at enemy troops
AMC Monowai firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Sub attack near Truk at 112,114

Japanese Ships
PB Shotoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling



SS Grayling launches 4 torpedoes
Grayling diving deep ....
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shotoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds on a single PB...

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Submarine attack near Milne Bay at 98,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-25, hits 1

Allied Ships
xAK Hurricane, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage



xAK Hurricane is sighted by SS I-25
SS I-25 attacking on the surface

while it surely isn´t a biggy, this ship is lost due the "not being able to transfer ship bug" I´ve mentioned above... Hurricane unloaded alone and left PM during the day, then being sunk by a sub... no wonder, unescorted... no biggy, but I really hate losing ships...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 17



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson IIIa: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground

1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
CA Myoko


Allied ground losses:
368 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (3 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Airbase hits 42 [8|]
Airbase supply hits 8 [8|]
Runway hits 212

CA Ashigara firing at Akyab
CA Nachi firing at Akyab
CA Haguro firing at Akyab
CA Myoko firing at 103rd RN Base Force

what I also hate is to fall for commercial, which is exactly what happened when I trusted all this WITP -> AE commercial... one of those things that has been changed so much is the nuclear bombardments... you can´t blame a company for "lying" at their potential customers nowadays, as this is just what every company is doing in their commercial, I´m more pissed off about myself actually having believed a lot of those things. Perhaps I was just too excited like many other players too. But hey, I´m sure someone will say it was toned down, probably especially because he doesn´t know how to get nukes on and on and on. Just like those that were saying the same about WITP because they never managed to get nukes all the time then. Hats off, ground losses have been toned down. But the rest? The rest has been made worse. You get detection levels for example! Why not getting a debugger for your combat replays and a redo button if something hasn´t worked during the replay? Isn´t it enough when you should guess if there´s enough recon being done or not? No, you now even have a detection level that tells you "ready for nuke" or "fly some more recon to be ready for nuke". Get your detection level up to 9 or 10 and booom. Stupid. PzB is still the record holder for me, achieving 400+ hits on Sydneys airfield with a single bombardment. It´s just off and cherishing someone for having changed it into what it is now is something I don´t understand. I´m sure this comment is enough to seriously piss off someone but if this (those) person really have a backbone they would not deny that there´s still something seriously wrong. If not even worse to WITP because the effects are far more devastating now, considering the non-replacement rates the Allied have. Nuke bombardments work for both sides just the same, there´s still the difference (also worse in AE) that the Japanese can by far outproduce the Allied in usable aircraft and therefor they won´t suffer as much when they lose three dozen ac, while the Allied lose monthly replacements in one turn to something that is just a joke.

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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby

96 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
PC Reliance
AMC Hector
AM Bellechasse


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)


PC Reliance firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards


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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10451 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 316

Defending force 34093 troops, 553 guns, 914 vehicles, Assault Value = 941

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Assaulting units:
4th Division
8th Base Force

Defending units:
40th Infantry Div /190
151st Combat Engr Rgt /171
5th RAA Cst Art Rgt /171
Americal Infantry Div /190
34th Combat Engr Rgt /172
255th USN Base Force /171
2nd Medium Rgt /171
I US Amphib Corps /171
101st USN Base Force /171
203rd Cst AA Rgt /171

that´s what is defending PM and both the number of troops and the small number of guns is amazing me... looks like there has been some evac going on? We´ve also took down 8 Topsies today and I guess they´re flying troops out and not in... there´s no doubt that PM will fall soon, especially due to the fact that the invasion worked more or less perfectly (except the supply TF thing AGAIN). All but 90 troops have been landed on the beach, only one ship still has some troops aboard (parts of the 2nd Medium Rgt). Would it have worked that my supply TF kept unloading instead of turning back, we could move out ALL our TFs tomorrow. As it stands now, I will keep a dozen AKs at the base (they have been with the troop TFs) and will order the other TF back to PM tomorrow. The rest will move out and will probably be save tomorrow already. My fleet will cover the movement back to Townsville, the AKs unloading supply over the beach will "only" be covered by the 300 fighters flying LRCAP from Milne Bay.

I was completely surprised once again, this time by the fact that KB wasn´t sighted today, nor has the enemy flown any air attacks. Why? Is there a reason not to strike hard against our invasion force? IMO there´s no better chance to inflict heavy losses on our shipping than striking at the invasion force. Especially when the Allied carrier force is still inferior to the Japanese carriers and the Allied can only "support" the landing but not keeping the KB away from it, that´s why my carriers staid two hexes behind my invasion when the TFs went into PM to unload. I won´t complain as it can´t go any smoother.[;)]

My units still show up as fragments at the end of the replay even though all but the artillery unit were 100% unloaded, so the change from being a fragment to being the parent unit happens AFTER the combat replay, which is wrong once again. Why? Because as long as your units are a fragment, they will be commanded by an idiot and therefor you will get a (-) for your leader. In this case it´s no problem, because we don´t attack today, but take it as an atoll invasion, you unload and shock attack at the end of the turn. And even if you have unloaded your troops completely, they will be treated as a fragment and will have something as a low value Major in command. Not good, really not good.

One other thing that really annoys me is the supply distribution within the troops on the beach. Either there should be a "supply pool" for all units at the beach (the same as if it would be a base) or the combat troops should get supply first. In this case, we have got the ridicoulos situation that the HQ in the lead of the stack has got 11.000 supplies for example, one of the divs has 2000 and the other one has 300. Also one of the base forces has got 20 times more supplies than needed and that unit is far behind the divs in the stack, so I´ve got no idea how supply really is dispersed. I also don´t know if supply is shared within units, it wasn´t in WITP and if it´s still the same then this is a serious problem too, when one unit keeps sucking up supplies while others starve. Something worth looking into but just one of many things that lack the last 10% to really work well.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 11, 42
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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby

73 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAK Liberty


Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)


4th Division firing at xAK Liberty
xAK Liberty firing at enemy troops
xAK Liberty firing at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards

Liberty is unloading the last couple of troops from the 2nd Medium Rgt... the troop unloading worked very well in this invasion...

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Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby

TF 114 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130

supply TF...

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Pre-Invasion action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
PG Moresby
AM Muritai
AM Punjab
AM Madras
AM Bombay
AM Mirimichi
AM Bellechasse
xAK Elisavet



PG Moresby firing at enemy troops
AM Muritai firing at enemy troops
AM Punjab firing at enemy troops
AM Madras firing at enemy troops
AM Bombay firing at enemy troops
AM Mirimichi firing at enemy troops
AM Bellechasse firing at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby

TF 239 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130





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Amphibious Assault at Port Moresby

TF 241 troops unloading over beach at Port Moresby, 98,130





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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAK Liberty



4th Division firing at xAK Liberty
xAK Liberty firing at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
PG Moresby
AM Muritai
AM Punjab
AM Madras
AM Bombay
AM Mirimichi
AM Bellechasse
xAK Elisavet



PG Moresby firing at enemy troops
AM Muritai firing at enemy troops
AM Punjab firing at enemy troops
AM Madras firing at enemy troops
AM Bombay firing at enemy troops
AM Mirimichi firing at enemy troops
AM Bellechasse firing at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Echuca
AM Dubbo
AM Cowra
AM Cootamundra
AM Cessnock
AM Bowen
xAK Ping Wo



AM Echuca firing at enemy troops
AM Dubbo firing at enemy troops
AM Cowra firing at enemy troops
AM Cootamundra firing at enemy troops
AM Cessnock firing at enemy troops
AM Bowen firing at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
xAK Liberty



xAK Liberty firing at enemy troops


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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
PG Moresby
AM Muritai
AM Punjab
AM Madras
AM Bombay
AM Mirimichi
AM Bellechasse
xAK Elisavet



PG Moresby firing at enemy troops
AM Muritai firing at enemy troops
AM Punjab firing at enemy troops
AM Madras firing at enemy troops
AM Bombay firing at enemy troops
AM Mirimichi firing at enemy troops
AM Bellechasse firing at enemy troops


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Sub attack near Cape Gloucester at 101,124

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu, Torpedo hits 1 [&o]
CA Chikuma
CLAA Tatsuta
CLAA Tenryu
DD Teruzuki
DD Yamagumo
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS S-18



SS S-18 launches 4 torpedoes at CV Soryu
DD Yamagumo fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Urakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

yeah baby... guess KB isn´t happy about having two CVs being torpedoed within three days... Hiryu was hit by a Mk-14, today Soryu is first hit by a Mk-10 DUD (this was the moment I went nuts in front of my monitor [:D]) followed by an explosion a second later... would have been great to see two exploding torps slamming into the ship but also with one hit the ship probably has to be split off KB and has to retire to Truk and further on to Japan for repairs. Well done S-18! Together with Hiryu, KB should now field 120 carrier based ac less.



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Morning Air attack on Normanby Island , at 102,133

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 38



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
38 x A6M3 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet

The enemy now fields A6M3... those were probably coming from Shortlands, seems like they´ve got quite a nice range... no doubt, Rainer has spotted my airfield at Milne Bay being completely filled up with fighters and wanted to pick off some leaking Cap but I don´t have a single fighter on Cap here, all squadrons have been equipped with drop tanks to fly LRCAP over our the freighters we´ve left back at Port Moresby to unload some more supplies for our troops there...

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Morning Air attack on Normanby Island , at 102,133

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A6M3 Zero sweeping at 25000 feet

of course the sweep isn´t going in as one strike...

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Morning Air attack on Hengyang , at 80,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15



No Japanese losses



Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 6000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 81
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 22
B-26 Marauder x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 32


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...
Also attacking 8th Base Force ...
Also attacking 4th Division ...

Cairns and Cooktown´s bombers were all set to ground attack today (hard decision on the 4Es as I could have also needed them on naval attack, but as we didn´t have any intel on KB yesterday I decided to pound the enemy units) and we launch a massive strike to go in first...

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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 14
B-26 Marauder x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 48
P-40E Warhawk x 32


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

as you can see, also fighters showing up here, this is our LRCAP...

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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-39D Airacobra x 32
P-40E Warhawk x 48


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 10
B-17E Fortress x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 64


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 98,130 (Port Moresby)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 10
B-24D Liberator x 7
P-39D Airacobra x 32


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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there it comes...

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N2 Kate x 48
D3A1 Val x 20



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 5 [:(]
P-39D Airacobra x 15 [:(]
P-40E Warhawk x 25 [:(]


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter Ic: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Liberty, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Ulooloo, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AM Bombay, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Aldinga, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Barjora
AM Punjab
xAK Jalapalaka
xAK Autolycus
xAK Time



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
21 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
15 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.30 Sqn RAAF with Beaufighter Ic (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/7th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
49th FG/8th FS with P-40E Warhawk (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/9th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
51st FG/25th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
8th FG/36th FS with P-39D Airacobra (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead
35th FG/41st FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
58th FG/68th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
8th FG/80th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes

this was depressing. While we had up 75 fighters over PM during our bomber attacks, when KB launches the first strike (by far smaller than I´ve thought), we´ve only got 45 fighters in the air and they perform awfully. While we take on the Zeroes 1:1 in kills in this engagement, the 28 Zeroes were enough to either take down or damage all of our fighters and in the end, not one of our fighters was able to get to the bombers... at this stage I saw all my freighters bein sunk already. [:(] Light rain in the hex and when the bomers turned back to their carriers, 3 freighters and a minesweeper were sunk... fewer losses than I would have expected by 68 bombers...

note that this already was the afternoon attack, KB was spotted and clouded in in the morning... being clouded in doesn´t necessarily mean not launching a strike in AE though as I´ve seen bases and carrier TFs launching strikes even though they were clouded in...


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 24
D3A1 Val x 17



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 10 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied Ships
xAK Koomilya
xAK Taiyuan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kiangsu, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Period, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Gorgon, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Yunnan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Talune, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Jalapalaka, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PG Moresby, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Wulin, Bomb hits 1



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.30 Sqn RAAF with Beaufighter Ic (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/7th FS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead
49th FG/8th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
49th FG/9th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
51st FG/25th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
8th FG/36th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
35th FG/41st FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
8th FG/80th FS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Gorgon
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PG Moresby

here´s the follow on strike, this time without escorts... not many of our fighters in the air but they really take a toll on the enemy paper bombers... needless to say that especially the Beaufighters are killers in such an example. Nearly halve of the bombers were shot down but 23 made it through to the ships to really wreck havoc. Those 23 bombers achieved more than the 68 bombers in the initial strike. The first strike sank 4 ships outright while the 23 here sink 3, heavily damaging 2 more and scoring hits on 4 other freighters. A bomb hit isn´t good news for a freighter usually, in this case I expect 6 ships to be sunk. Last attack today, so in total I expect to lose 10 ships (9 freighters, 1 minesweeper). While I´m not happy about it, these are acceptable losses to KB in such an important operation like the invasion of Port Moresby. In return, we claimed 50 carrier based aircraft today, losing 20 fighters due to the long range we had to target.

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Invasion Support action off Port Moresby
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
AM Muritai
AM Punjab
AM Madras
AM Mirimichi
AM Bellechasse
xAK Elisavet



AM Muritai firing at enemy troops
AM Punjab firing at enemy troops
AM Madras firing at enemy troops
AM Mirimichi firing at enemy troops
AM Bellechasse firing at enemy troops

at the end of the day we were still unloading supplies but when looking at my ships, they were all empty after the replay. Naval support really speeds up unloading, we´ve got some 60.000 supplies at Port Moresby now. As soon as the base is taken, we´re going to move in over a dozen engineer units to build up the base in no time, focussing on the airfield first. The port is only level 1 at the moment, but with the 200+ naval support, this doesn´t matter at all, it feels like unloading at San Francisco. I had even more at Milne Bay and found out that 200 naval support is easily sufficient so this will be the mark to go in future for important operations.

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Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 10351 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 310

Defending force 34135 troops, 553 guns, 914 vehicles, Assault Value = 941

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
4th Division
8th Base Force

Defending units:
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
203rd Coast AA Regiment
101st USN Base Force
255th USN Base Force
2nd Medium Rgt /171

as you can see, all our units (except the 2nd Medium rgt that is also fully unloaded now) have turned into the parent and it took them one additional turn to do so even though they were all fully unloaded. The 2nd Medium will only turn into the parent next turn... we´ve ordered a deliberate attack yesterday...

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and here it comes...

Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25927 troops, 458 guns, 669 vehicles, Assault Value = 941

Defending force 12589 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 310

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 1341 [:D]

Japanese adjusted defense: 71

Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Port Moresby !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-) [&:], supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4394 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 208 destroyed, 129 disabled
Engineers: 44 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 41 (41 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2


Allied ground losses:
204 casualties reported [:D]
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (0 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
40th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Division
34th Combat Engineer Regiment
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
101st USN Base Force
203rd Coast AA Regiment
I US Amphib Corps
255th USN Base Force
2nd Medium Rgt /171

Defending units:
4th Division
8th Base Force

we could have taken the base with one division easily it seems. The massed bomber effects yesterday sure have disrupted the enemy a lot but even without the disruption, I guess it would have been hard to resist the 1300+ adjusted Allied av. While I don´t find it surprising that the defender was quite disrupted, the fatigue and especially the negative for experience was surprising to me. Shouldn´t the 4th division have quite a nice experience? The fact that there was never a supply convoy going to PM in the last months (at least none that I know of) and the constant bombing made the supply situation at PM quite severe I guess. Although I´ve thought the base could be supplied from Buna, but I´ve not seen much of supply convoys there either and Buna was taking constant bomber raids too the last months. I´m quite happy how this operation turned out, I thought it would be far more difficult and the chances to really take a beating were there IMO. All ships that are able to stay afloat are ordered out of PM tomorrow, the base is 100% repaired already (got some 200 eng and 40 eng vehicles at the base) so we´ll also fly in quite a number of fighters. This will now turn into a very grim situation for the Japanese in this region.