At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[jdsrae]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Reminds me of my favourite TK. The skipper was assigned by IGHQ.

Haha...just saw "Cpt Fukami"[:D]

One of the best Political Points I've ever spent.
The skipper is hoping to survive the war and return to sailing the Fukuoka to Fukue-jima ferry route.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Reminds me of my favourite TK. The skipper was assigned by IGHQ.

Haha...just saw "Cpt Fukami"[:D]

One of the best Political Points I've ever spent.
The skipper is hoping to survive the war and return to sailing the Fukuoka to Fukue-jima ferry route.

<bar in Yokohama..aftah many saki bombs>

"Hey, Fukami! Foukko Maru you!"

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Indian Rebellion of 1857

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_cartridge

The movie with Tyrone Power, "King of the Khyber Rifles", right?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Indian Rebellion of 1857

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_cartridge

The movie with Tyrone Power, "King of the Khyber Rifles", right?

Not sure I saw that.

[Cap Mandrake]

**************Fed. 27, 1943(e)**********

PI: Disaster at Subic. Every one of them goes into the POW bag. Lost about 3K supply too. Uggh.

Ground combat at Subic Bay (78,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27921 troops, 256 guns, 315 vehicles, Assault Value = 823

Defending force 5040 troops, 60 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 136

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 442

Allied adjusted defense: 145

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Subic Bay !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
511 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5068 casualties reported
Squads: 166 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 351 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 62 (62 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 138 (138 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6

Assaulting units:
10th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
14th Division
15th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
192nd Tank Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
209th Field Artillery Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses

[Cap Mandrake]

SE Asia: JJ detailing large fighter sweep over Pakse. The P-40's there have been moved to Sumatra

Morning Air attack on Pakse , at 63,64

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 26,190 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 36

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick sweeping at 21190 feet



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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Brigade, at 63,66 , near Pakse

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23

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

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

[Cap Mandrake]

Jap units infiltrating arr ovah prace in Siam.

Morning Air attack on 23rd Nav Gd Unit , at 61,63 , near Ubon

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


and


Morning Air attack on 23rd Nav Gd Unit , at 61,63 , near Ubon

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 16

No Allied losses

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

[Cap Mandrake]

Fewer fighters at Bangkok so we go back.

Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 4
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 20

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 12 damaged

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

They put up a good defense.

Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 7

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1


and*******


Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged

Runway hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Oz: We run off the Japs at Port Hedland

Ground combat at Port Hedland (57,129)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9108 troops, 145 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 252

Defending force 3323 troops, 30 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 81

Japanese adjusted defense: 17

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Port Hedland !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1118 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (19 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Battalion
9th LH Motor Regiment
13th Armoured Regiment
2nd Australian Brigade
8th Cav Recce Regiment
44th Australian Battalion

Defending units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
14th JAAF AF Bn
7th Field Construction Battalion
13th JAAF AF Coy

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Indian Rebellion of 1857

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_cartridge

The movie with Tyrone Power, "King of the Khyber Rifles", right?

Not sure I saw that.

[X(]

A deprived upbringing for sure!

[:D]

[anarchyintheuk]

Deprived . . . depraved. Little of column a, little of column b.

[Cap Mandrake]

Biblical Puzzlers: One in an Occasional Series

Ever wonder why Salome, daughter of Herod I, was named after the plural form of a cured Italian meat product?

I can see "Candy" for a girl or maybe "Prosciutto" for a boy....but...it would be like Scottish girl named "Haggis" or an Arabic girl named "Hummus"

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Biblical Puzzlers: One in an Occasional Series

Ever wonder why Salome, daughter of Herod I, was named after the plural form of a cured Italian meat product?

I can see "Candy" for a girl or maybe "Prosciutto" for a boy....but...it would be like Scottish girl named "Haggis" or an Arabic girl named "Hummus"

Or a Senator named Weiner ...

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Biblical Puzzlers: One in an Occasional Series

Ever wonder why Salome, daughter of Herod I, was named after the plural form of a cured Italian meat product?

I can see "Candy" for a girl or maybe "Prosciutto" for a boy....but...it would be like Scottish girl named "Haggis" or an Arabic girl named "Hummus"

Or a Senator named Weiner ...

Somebody from Hamburg is a hamburger. [:D]
Somebody from Frankfurt is a frankfurter. [:D]
Somebody from Vienna (which they spell Wien) is a guy who take a picture of a little sausage and sends it to people . . . [X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

****************Feb. 28, 1943(e)*************

I may have missed a day...can't be helped. Too much going on right now.

Sumatra: JJ moves some Vals to one of his "East" coast of Sumatra bases. We stray too close. Useful intel at some cost. Our guys at Padang have been spotted.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Nias at 41,79

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 22
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Hermod, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAKL Kalarand, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

New Guinea: We send some P-39's up to Sorong for an ambush. It works. The air losses show 32 Helens destroyed. Perhaps this is hyperbole.

Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 22

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 12 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

They partly get even with us.

Afternoon Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 25,810 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Most effective air to ground attacks at Clark yet. They come down to 6000 ft.

Morning Air attack on 51st PA Infantry Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 23 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

They do get a lot of planes dinged up.

Afternoon Air attack on 21st PA Infantry Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 29

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 20 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 10 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 18 damaged

Allied ground losses:
155 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

SE Asia: USAAF and RAF bombers unopposed over Thailand.

Morning Air attack on 23rd Nav Gd Unit , at 61,63 , near Ubon

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 26

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

Pretty effective too

Morning Air attack on 23rd Nav Gd Unit , at 61,63 , near Ubon

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

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

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 28

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

and

Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 60,61 , near Nakhon Ratchasima

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 1 damaged

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