Well, Raver's boys bombing Lunga did a better job this turn, co-ordinating a raid from Luganville with Lightnings from nevea and beaufighters from Wupenko. As a result his bombers did get through and put Lunga out of commission for an afternoon or so. Will be repaired by tomorrow. Again, my experienced fighters carried the brunt of the work while my Oscars were there to get shot at - although the Oscar squadrons both got their first 2 kills each this turn.
Total allied aircraft lost this turn was 26, while I only lost 4 in the air and 10 on the ground. Raver's best raid on Lunga so far however.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/30/43
Weather: Clear
Air attack on Lunga , at 38,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 3
A6M2 Zero x 30
A6M3 Zero x 39
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 55
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 19
P-38G Lightning x 21
B-17E Fortress x 30
PB4Y Liberator x 27
B-24D Liberator x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 4 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 4 damaged
A6M3 Zero x 6 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 33 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC x 19 destroyed
Beaufighter VIC x 6 damaged
P-38G Lightning x 5 destroyed
P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress x 6 damaged
PB4Y Liberator x 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 2 destroyed
B-24D Liberator x 2 damaged
LTJG H.Matsumoto of F2/6th Daitai is credited with kill number 3
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 354
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 31
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 67
Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
9 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
6 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
2 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
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In other less interesting news, Tokyo has about 60 APs sitting ni the harbour doing nothing. I have calculated the number of ships I need to a: supply and reinforce my troops against an enemy bombing campaign and b: the number of transports I will need to mount a small invasion.
Just 5 or 10 of them would allow me to go back over to the offensive - and put one helluva hole in Raver's plans.
An Aussie Affair: Re-Match!
There is a very BIG lesson here children, and I had to learn it the hard way so listen up and learn.
BEAUFIGHTERS DON'T MAKE GOOD BOMBER ESCORTS!
That last little trip over to Lugna nearly wiped out an entire squadron.
They are nearly as bad as the Oscars;)
BEAUFIGHTERS DON'T MAKE GOOD BOMBER ESCORTS!
That last little trip over to Lugna nearly wiped out an entire squadron.
They are nearly as bad as the Oscars;)
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
Beaufighters armed with torpedoes are as good as beauforts (best allied anti shipping LBA).
However beaufighters come into their own if they are experienced and rested in the alter stages of the game when the USN has Irau or PM or GG or any small base out there somewhere - and the IJN is trying to avoid USN airpower by using lots of barges.
Beaufighters are the best barge killers in the game - I've had 20 beaufighters attack 25 AGs twice, and leave 20 of them sinking.
However they were highly experienced pilots.
Lots of invasion like activity in Raver's ports. Surface combat groups, CVs, transports, landing ships etc. Irau and Lunga are very secure - impregnable at this stage of the game. GG is going to cost him lots and lots of whips and troops, and PM is going to cost him almost as much.
However this why I've moved extra INF units to Russell Islands, Munda, Gasmata, Dobadura and Buna - in case he tries to bypass the big bases and steal a smaller one (as I hope to do later!).
Raver probably has a hard time supplying all his little bases near Santa Cruz - and he isn't dumb enough to leave any of them without at least one INF unit (one can hope, but he isn't going to make it too easy for me).
However beaufighters come into their own if they are experienced and rested in the alter stages of the game when the USN has Irau or PM or GG or any small base out there somewhere - and the IJN is trying to avoid USN airpower by using lots of barges.
Beaufighters are the best barge killers in the game - I've had 20 beaufighters attack 25 AGs twice, and leave 20 of them sinking.
However they were highly experienced pilots.
Lots of invasion like activity in Raver's ports. Surface combat groups, CVs, transports, landing ships etc. Irau and Lunga are very secure - impregnable at this stage of the game. GG is going to cost him lots and lots of whips and troops, and PM is going to cost him almost as much.
However this why I've moved extra INF units to Russell Islands, Munda, Gasmata, Dobadura and Buna - in case he tries to bypass the big bases and steal a smaller one (as I hope to do later!).
Raver probably has a hard time supplying all his little bases near Santa Cruz - and he isn't dumb enough to leave any of them without at least one INF unit (one can hope, but he isn't going to make it too easy for me).
With dancing Bananas and Storm Troopers who needs BBs?
This is all pure bluff from Luskan....there is now way that he could afford to attack down into the Santa Cruz Island chain....he would be eaten alive by air attacks, and there are just to many airfields for he to close.
Thanks for the tip about the smaller bases Russell Islands, Munda, Gasmata, Dobadura and Buna .......now to bomb the cr@p out of them!:D
Thanks for the tip about the smaller bases Russell Islands, Munda, Gasmata, Dobadura and Buna .......now to bomb the cr@p out of them!:D
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
Ok Im was wrong....he didn't run away.....his TF reacted and came steaming in Wunpuko with all guns blazing! But my guys had different ideas............................AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/12/43
Weather: Thunderstorms
Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Michishio, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Arare, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 1
DD Shigure, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Shell hits 6
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 1
CA Portland, Shell hits 1
CA Louisville
CL Denver
DD Stevens
DD Foote, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Spence
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 1
DD Flusser
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Michishio, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Murasame, Shell hits 1
DD Harusame, Shell hits 2
Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Shell hits 1
BB Massachusetts
CA Portland
CA Louisville
CL Denver
DD Stevens
DD Foote, on fire, heavy damage
DD Spence
DD Jarvis
DD Flusser
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Michishio, and is sunk
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure, and is sunk
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT 68
PT 142
PT 143, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT 157
PT 163
PT 170
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, and is sunk
DD Oshio, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT 146
PT 149, Shell hits 1, on fire
PT 151
PT 159
PT 168
PT 171
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, on fire
DD Oshio, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 8, on fire
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT 150
PT 152
PT 162, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT 167
PT 169
PT 176
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Air attack on TF at 51,50
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SBD Dauntless x 78
TBF Avenger x 33
P-39D Airacobra x 18
P-40E Kittyhawk x 19
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 51,50
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 35
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 51,50
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SBD Dauntless x 79
TBF Avenger x 30
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 18
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
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Luskan was very lucky....the afternoon airstrikes were unable to find his ships in the bad weather (friggin thunderstorms again!) and a number of them escaped back to Lugna.
Weather: Thunderstorms
Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Michishio, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Arare, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 1
DD Shigure, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Shell hits 6
BB Massachusetts, Shell hits 1
CA Portland, Shell hits 1
CA Louisville
CL Denver
DD Stevens
DD Foote, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Spence
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 1
DD Flusser
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Michishio, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Murasame, Shell hits 1
DD Harusame, Shell hits 2
Allied Ships
BB Idaho, Shell hits 1
BB Massachusetts
CA Portland
CA Louisville
CL Denver
DD Stevens
DD Foote, on fire, heavy damage
DD Spence
DD Jarvis
DD Flusser
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage
DD Oshio, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Michishio, and is sunk
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure, and is sunk
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT 68
PT 142
PT 143, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT 157
PT 163
PT 170
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, and is sunk
DD Oshio, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT 146
PT 149, Shell hits 1, on fire
PT 151
PT 159
PT 168
PT 171
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese Ships
CL Agano, on fire
DD Oshio, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 8, on fire
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT 150
PT 152
PT 162, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PT 167
PT 169
PT 176
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Air attack on TF at 51,50
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SBD Dauntless x 78
TBF Avenger x 33
P-39D Airacobra x 18
P-40E Kittyhawk x 19
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Asagumo, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Arare, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 51,50
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 35
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagumo, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on TF at 51,50
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
SBD Dauntless x 79
TBF Avenger x 30
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 18
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Arare, on fire, heavy damage
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Luskan was very lucky....the afternoon airstrikes were unable to find his ships in the bad weather (friggin thunderstorms again!) and a number of them escaped back to Lugna.
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
I really need a long lance only attack option. What the hell these guys were thinking - CLOSING with the BBs???
I lost four of the nine destroyers - with two others sitting at shortlands now, badly damaged. The other three dds and the Agano (copped a 14 inch shell hit and only at 15 sys) are all under 20 sys and will go into the repair cycle.
In other news, the Mutsu (hit by a couple of torps and a bunch of bombs six months ago) has reached 0 sys once more and has moved from her dock in Truk to join the fleet at Rabaul.
Essentially I'm now waiting for Raver to come at me with everything he has - my pilots at Lunga were so successful that there were 7 clear/partly cloudy turns (and two thunderstorm turns) where there was no bombing at all - anywhere in the theatre.
Raver has send a couple of mitchell raids to GG and PM to hit the already destroyed airfields again, killing a few hundred more eng troops - but the INF aren't worried in their size 9 forts, waiting for the enemy to arrive. My CD units are all, curiously, at full strength (unlike my AA, which looses a gun every raid, maybe at 70% in PM). I'm guessing that those CD units will be pretty much immune to the airfield/port attacks, while susceptible to bombardment TFs.
From the looks of things, Raver probably has the battleships to fix the bombardment issue.
On a strategic note: I had a worrying thought, reading Mogami's IJN opponent thread. Basically, as fortified, INFed and supplied up as all my major front line bases are (and Lae too now - Raver sent in some recon planes to I added another two large INF regiments last turn), Raver may be better off avoiding those bases altogether and going past the front line.
Now, if he tries Gasmata, Shortlands, Rabaul, Munda, Lae, Buna, Dobadura, Finchhaven (sp) etc. he is going to loose the game. So many troops and so many aircraft around the place he would be nuts to try it.
However considering Raver's penchant for invading useless empty dots and turning them into bases with the infinite ENG capacity of the US, I'm suddenly worried about places like Woodlark, Rennell Island etc. Will be sending some minelayers or troops out to make these "free base building opportunities" go away.
haven't had any reinforcements from japan in almost a month - and no transports from japan in about 6 months - and there are millions of them sitting there doing nothing. I'd better not have this problem in WITP!!
I lost four of the nine destroyers - with two others sitting at shortlands now, badly damaged. The other three dds and the Agano (copped a 14 inch shell hit and only at 15 sys) are all under 20 sys and will go into the repair cycle.
In other news, the Mutsu (hit by a couple of torps and a bunch of bombs six months ago) has reached 0 sys once more and has moved from her dock in Truk to join the fleet at Rabaul.
Essentially I'm now waiting for Raver to come at me with everything he has - my pilots at Lunga were so successful that there were 7 clear/partly cloudy turns (and two thunderstorm turns) where there was no bombing at all - anywhere in the theatre.
Raver has send a couple of mitchell raids to GG and PM to hit the already destroyed airfields again, killing a few hundred more eng troops - but the INF aren't worried in their size 9 forts, waiting for the enemy to arrive. My CD units are all, curiously, at full strength (unlike my AA, which looses a gun every raid, maybe at 70% in PM). I'm guessing that those CD units will be pretty much immune to the airfield/port attacks, while susceptible to bombardment TFs.
From the looks of things, Raver probably has the battleships to fix the bombardment issue.
On a strategic note: I had a worrying thought, reading Mogami's IJN opponent thread. Basically, as fortified, INFed and supplied up as all my major front line bases are (and Lae too now - Raver sent in some recon planes to I added another two large INF regiments last turn), Raver may be better off avoiding those bases altogether and going past the front line.
Now, if he tries Gasmata, Shortlands, Rabaul, Munda, Lae, Buna, Dobadura, Finchhaven (sp) etc. he is going to loose the game. So many troops and so many aircraft around the place he would be nuts to try it.
However considering Raver's penchant for invading useless empty dots and turning them into bases with the infinite ENG capacity of the US, I'm suddenly worried about places like Woodlark, Rennell Island etc. Will be sending some minelayers or troops out to make these "free base building opportunities" go away.
haven't had any reinforcements from japan in almost a month - and no transports from japan in about 6 months - and there are millions of them sitting there doing nothing. I'd better not have this problem in WITP!!
With dancing Bananas and Storm Troopers who needs BBs?
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Originally posted by Raverdave
Luskan,
If I have my heart set on a particular point on the map, then I will take it. And there is stuff all that you can do to stop me!
Like when you had your heart set on Townsville?
However - the uh "alert" status of my ships has gone up some.
Bad weather continues and you could be sneaking anywhere you wanted to in it - so 6 new squadrons of search aircraft have left Truk for the front bases.
I was dumb enough to have half a dozen destroyers caught in two turns of thunderstorms which slapped on about 10 sys damage each. Ouch.
Tempted to give my level bombers the shove at Lunga and stuff it full of my CV aircraft (not enough base support for that, but lots of base force troops at Truk that can be shipped in quick enough).
Could work well - especially since Irau is in easy reach for CV aircraft - and Lunga has done a great job resisting Raver's LBA (where PM and GG and Dobadura totally went under - just not big and bad enough).
Completed the shipments of more AA and CD unit replacements throughout my "realm" although pulling some more AA units out of PM and packing them all into lunga or GG is probably a good idea - unless Raver starts ground attacks - so far the troops there are fine, but the base, port and engineers are totalled (have been for months).
In ohter exciting news, IJN submarine Fleet 1, consisting of all my subs: all one of them, has left Truk on a top secret mission . . .
With dancing Bananas and Storm Troopers who needs BBs?
Luskan just sent an air raid of 19 Bettys escorted by 138 fighters to Wunpuko:rolleyes: Kinda seems like a waste of time as only four ships (all AKs) were hit...and only one is critical.
Now it is time to show him what an air raid is supposed to look like......Lugna is going to get Blitzed.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/43
Weather: Rain
Air attack on TF, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
G4M1 Betty x 19
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 60
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-40E Kittyhawk x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 6 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 damaged
LTJG K.Edmonds of VF-42 is credited with kill number 4
LT W. Haas of VF-42 is KILLED
Allied Ships
AK Melucta
AK De Grasse, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bullock, Torpedo hits 1
AK Virgo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Attacking Level Bombers:
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
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Now it is time to show him what an air raid is supposed to look like......Lugna is going to get Blitzed.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/22/43
Weather: Rain
Air attack on TF, near Wunpuko at 51,51
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
G4M1 Betty x 19
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 60
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-40E Kittyhawk x 19
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 6 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 damaged
LTJG K.Edmonds of VF-42 is credited with kill number 4
LT W. Haas of VF-42 is KILLED
Allied Ships
AK Melucta
AK De Grasse, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bullock, Torpedo hits 1
AK Virgo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
Attacking Level Bombers:
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
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Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
This is how you conduct an air raid.....well almost....the fighter escort failed to take off due to bad weather, but the attack was pressed forward none-the-less with outstanding results! Lugna is CLOSED!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/43
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Lunga , at 38,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 34
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 49
PB4Y Liberator x 19
B-24D Liberator x 40
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 5 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 5 damaged
A6M2 Zero x 12 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 16 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 12 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 721
Guns lost 3
Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 100
Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
0 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
0 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
8 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
1 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
0 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
10 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
4 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
9 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/43
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Lunga , at 38,40
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 34
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 49
PB4Y Liberator x 19
B-24D Liberator x 40
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 5 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 5 damaged
A6M2 Zero x 12 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 16 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 12 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 721
Guns lost 3
Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 100
Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
0 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
0 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
8 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
1 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
0 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
10 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
4 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 6000 feet
3 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
9 x PB4Y Liberator at 6000 feet
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