Morning Air attack on TF, near Manokwari at 85,109
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6
Kittyhawk III x 8
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Osaka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Albacore I bombing from 9000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manokwari at 85,109
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 16
P-40K Warhawk x 11
TBF-1 Avenger x 12
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Seizan Maru
xAK Osaka Maru, on fire
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Kunitu Maru
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 9000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manokwari at 85,109
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 17
Kittyhawk III x 8
P-40K Warhawk x 10
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Seizan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Osaka Maru, on fire
xAK Tenryu Maru
xAK Kamikaze Maru
Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
