Dec 20, 1942
Soviets have been bombing for the last several days. It started at night on Hokkaido and Sakhalin. They yesterday they went for the oil at Niigata during the daytime. Then today at Osaka. The first big strike went in with only the local chutai of Nicks responding, bleeding CAP arrived for the followup attack.
Since I am going to run out of fuel, losing the HI isn't all that bad. But this early in the war, there simply isn't enough radar set equipped units to defend Honshu.
Of course a fresh AA regiment just arrived by rail after the attack.[:(]
Soviets did lose 14 DB-3T for the day.
Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11
Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 33
DB-3T x 30
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
DB-3M: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
DB-3T: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
DB-3T: 1 destroyed by flak
Manpower hits 89
Fires 13413
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x DB-3M bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 100 kg GP Bomb
20 x DB-3M bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 100 kg GP Bomb
6 x DB-3M bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 5 x 100 kg GP Bomb
16 x DB-3T bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x DB-3T bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
75th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Osaka/Kyoto , at 109,59
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Allied aircraft
DB-3T x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
DB-3T: 4 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Kamikawa Maru-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (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 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
Raid is overhead
8th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000.
Raid is overhead
75th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 62 minutes
