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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Kikuzuki

Allied Ships
SS S-38

**That had me worried

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 10,62 . . . Hmmm, what's this?

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsushimo
DD Shikinami
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asakaze, Shell hits 14, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hatakaze, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Oite, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1
CA Astoria, Torpedo hits 1
CA Minneapolis
CA Australia
CL St. Louis
CL Phoenix
CL Nashville
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 1
DD Drayton, Shell hits 2
DD Lamson
DD Conyngham
DD Cushing
DD Smith
DD Preston
DD Fanning

Didn't see that lurking. Time to bring down the CV's for payback, and the bring in the big boys.

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Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 38

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 336
Guns lost 3

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 8

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet

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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 19
P-40E Kittyhawk x 12
A-24 Dauntless x 7
B-26B Marauder x 21

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Dauntless x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet

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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 24

no losses

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet

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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4
B-26B Marauder x 6

no losses

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet

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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 24

no losses

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet

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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 11,57

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5
B-26B Marauder x 14

no losses

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet

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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 14,52

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 3

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet

**Those are like freebies. Can't give out too many of them
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/25/42

Weather: Clear

Ground combat at Cooktown
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1181 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cooktown base !!!

__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/26/42

Weather: Thunderstorms

IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
D3A Val x 38
B5N Kate x 48

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 33
P-40E Kittyhawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 9 destroyed
D3A Val x 14 damaged
B5N Kate x 20 destroyed
B5N Kate x 33 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 9 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 3 damaged

PO1 H.Kawabata of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4

Allied Ships
CA Australia
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1
CL Nashville, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Drayton
DD Preston
DD Cushing
DD Lamson

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 49
D3A Val x 50

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 4 destroyed
D3A Val x 15 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 13 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 destroyed

PO2 W.Sugiyama of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 6

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Phoenix
CL Honolulu, on fire
CL St. Louis, on fire
CL Nashville, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
D3A Val x 28
B5N Kate x 16

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-40E Kittyhawk x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 5 destroyed
D3A Val x 21 damaged
B5N Kate x 9 destroyed
B5N Kate x 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 3 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4 destroyed

WO S.Matsuba of AI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1
CA Louisville
DD Stack, Bomb hits 1
DD Mugford
DD Hull
DD Ellet

**Wow, heavy Surface forces in and around Townsville. I'd better not hang around too long, my planes are getting slaughtered by AA fire.

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF at 9,56

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 11 destroyed
B5N Kate x 15 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Wilkes, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
DD Monssen
DD Lang, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
DD Hughes
DD Benham, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mustin
DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

**He F/T an RCT into Cairns to beat up my garrison. Too bad I already pulled them out .

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Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 41
D3A Val x 3

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
D3A Val x 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged

PO2 M.Doikawa of AII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3

Allied Ships
DD Ralph Talbot

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
D3A Val x 14

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 3
P-40E Kittyhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 7 destroyed
D3A Val x 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 3 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 3 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged

ENS M.Abe of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 2

LCDR K.Kanzaki of BI-2 Daitai is KILLED

Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis
CA Salt Lake City
CA Chicago

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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
DD Dewey, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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**I wish my planes would not attack from Extended Range unless I approve.

__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/27/42

Weather: Overcast

Sub attack at 10,59

Japanese Ships
SS I-26

Allied Ships
DD Meredith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage (sunk)

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Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 50

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 303
Guns lost 1

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet

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IJA Air attack on USN TF at 10,47

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 6 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 13 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1
CL Leander
DD Lamson

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 200 feet

**This North Carolina TF is about 120 miles off Cooktown running toward Port Moresby, and there's a DD TF ahead of it. Why would he risk running into my carriers? I'd be scared to death of them .

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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
B5N Kate x 32

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 5 destroyed
B5N Kate x 22 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Case, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mahan
DD Mustin
DD Monssen
DD Balch
DD Phelps

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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 20
B5N Kate x 11

no losses

Allied Ships
DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Lang, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Ground combat at Cairns

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3110 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied assault odds: 52 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cairns base !!!

**An entire 99 strength RGT of 7th Aus (I think) to capture and empty base. I'd like it back though...

__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/28/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sub attack at 11,60

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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Sub attack at 11,60

Japanese Ships
SS I-22

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Preston
DD Porter

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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-174

Allied Ships
DD Preston

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**I thought he might press on to Port Moresby, but I guessed wrong. I'll see what I can clean and fry in the aftermath.

__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/29/42

Weather: Clear

Sub attack near Basilaki Island at 18,42

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
CL Yura
DD Yukaze

Allied Ships
SS S-43, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 42
D3A Val x 9

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 21
P-39D Airacobra x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
D3A Val x 4 destroyed
D3A Val x 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 4 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
DD Aaron Ward
DD Ellet, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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Ground combat at Lea Lea . . . Sealing off retreat of Port Moresby

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 864 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lea Lea base !!!

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Ground combat at Basilaki Island . . . Sealing off Port Gili Gili

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 703 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Basilaki Island base !!!

__________________________________________________ AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/30/42

Weather: Thunderstorms

IJA Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 8

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 7 destroyed
G3M Nell x 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix

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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
D3A Val x 4
B5N Kate x 27

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 3 damaged
B5N Kate x 9 destroyed
B5N Kate x 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Smith
DD Phelps, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Preston
DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Conyngham

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IJN Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
D3A Val x 20

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 12 destroyed
D3A Val x 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Sterett, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Aaron Ward
CA Chicago
CA Louisville

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IJA Air attack on USN TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 5

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 5 destroyed
G3M Nell x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Northampton
CL Phoenix

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Ground combat at Port Moresby

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2782 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 744 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!!

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 9

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 793
Guns lost 1

**Another virtual freebie.

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**I think it's time to retire my CV's for refit for a while. Their airgroups have been thinned quite a bit and there are 2 more CV's in theatre.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42

Wow it was nice of Dadman to train my ships in night combat. I'll have to send Astoria back
to PH but all my ships got a nice 10-20 point bump.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/25/42

I'll pull his tail a bit and retake Cairns via FT and then abandon it again.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/26/42

I have to live with him hitting my ports. It's the only chance I have. First we kill the
CV pilots (86 bombers lost last turn) Then one day an attack by LBA will break through and
sink a few IJN CV.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/27/42

2 of my surface TF's took off for PM without orders. Don't know why. Hope they don't get hurt too
much as a result. CA Austraila is hurt already.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/28/42

senseless damage. First batch of ships departing for Rockhampton for crossing to Noumea.
(I have to locate enemy CV prior to starting.)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/29/42

Originally posted by Mogami
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/27/42

2 of my surface TF's took off for PM without orders. Don't know why. Hope they don't get hurt too
much as a result. CA Austraila is hurt already.

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Did you ever figure out why your TFs did that? That is a very worrisome goof-up by the AI if there isn't some mistake that you made behind it.

Thanks -

Dave Baranyi

Originally posted by ADavidB
Did you ever figure out why your TFs did that? That is a very worrisome goof-up by the AI if there isn't some mistake that you made behind it.

Thanks -

Dave Baranyi

I've had that happen on F/T pick up (evac) missions where the TF went back for seconds to get more of the group.

Same thing happened to me in my game with Attack Condor. 3 SC TF just decided to go home when I ordered them to bombard Townsville. Except in my case that same turn every transport TF that finished loading(4 different ports) also completely unloaded(in 1 turn) and sailed to their destination. Cost me 3-4 turns in my invasion of Oz. Some big glitch really hit. Condor kept asking what is taking so long.

Also have had problems with Mutsu battlegroup not moving for 2 turns 2 separate occasions despite repeated orders. Really screws up your coordination.

Quark

Originally posted by Quark
Same thing happened to me in my game with Attack Condor. 3 SC TF just decided to go home when I ordered them to bombard Townsville. Except in my case that same turn every transport TF that finished loading(4 different ports) also completely unloaded(in 1 turn) and sailed to their destination. Cost me 3-4 turns in my invasion of Oz. Some big glitch really hit. Condor kept asking what is taking so long.

Also have had problems with Mutsu battlegroup not moving for 2 turns 2 separate occasions despite repeated orders. Really screws up your coordination.

Quark

This sort of thing happens infrequently, but often enough for me to think of it as the "ah nuts - we want a new commander" syndrome. I find that if I don't disband my TFs frequently and rebuild them, they start to give problems - either not doing something they are supposed to do, or doing something I didn't ask them to do. Once I disband a "hard-headed" TF the new TF tends to do what I want. Therefore I rarely leave TFs sitting around once they've done their initial task.

I have nothing concrete on this, but it is similar enough to things back in Pacwar days that I do the disband/reform routine in UV "just in case". ( I used to think that it was a memory issue with Pacwar, because there were times that I couldn't get a TF to sail no matter what combination of things I tried. This tended to be late in a game when I had a lot of ships, troops and so on. )

Dave Baranyi

Originally posted by ADavidB
This sort of thing happens infrequently, but often enough for me to think of it as the "ah nuts - we want a new commander" syndrome. I find that if I don't disband my TFs frequently and rebuild them, they start to give problems - either not doing something they are supposed to do, or doing something I didn't ask them to do. Once I disband a "hard-headed" TF the new TF tends to do what I want. Therefore I rarely leave TFs sitting around once they've done their initial task.

I have nothing concrete on this, but it is similar enough to things back in Pacwar days that I do the disband/reform routine in UV "just in case". ( I used to think that it was a memory issue with Pacwar, because there were times that I couldn't get a TF to sail no matter what combination of things I tried. This tended to be late in a game when I had a lot of ships, troops and so on. )

Dave Baranyi

Hi, What I think happened was the turn I made all these TF's at Townsville I first made a sub transport TF and assigned PM as homeport. Then when I made my surface TF's rather then them defaulting back to Townsville they retained the PM homeport setting. (And I just missed noticeing this. Once I found them out at sea they had PM for Homeport-and I had left them at retire so they could react to Cairns but return to TV)

Originally posted by Mogami
Hi, What I think happened was the turn I made all these TF's at Townsville I first made a sub transport TF and assigned PM as homeport. Then when I made my surface TF's rather then them defaulting back to Townsville they retained the PM homeport setting. (And I just missed noticeing this. Once I found them out at sea they had PM for Homeport-and I had left them at retire so they could react to Cairns but return to TV)

And then they became quite tasty (if not expensive) morsels...

Originally posted by Mogami
Hi, What I think happened was the turn I made all these TF's at Townsville I first made a sub transport TF and assigned PM as homeport. Then when I made my surface TF's rather then them defaulting back to Townsville they retained the PM homeport setting. (And I just missed noticeing this. Once I found them out at sea they had PM for Homeport-and I had left them at retire so they could react to Cairns but return to TV)

Ahah! That sounds like it!

That's an interesting feature in UV ( and carrying on to WitP too ) and it does require you to keep on your toes when creating lots of TFs at the same time in the same base.

Good - so your problem isn't likely a true "WTF" intermittant.

Thanks again -

Dave Baranyi

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/31/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
D3A Val x 55
B5N Kate x 42

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 4 destroyed
D3A Val x 13 destroyed
D3A Val x 28 damaged
B5N Kate x 18 destroyed
B5N Kate x 16 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Vincennes
CA Northampton
CA Louisville, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CA Indianapolis
CL Phoenix
DD Aaron Ward, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Buchanan
DD Mugford, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Henley, Bomb hits 1
DD Helm
DD Farenholt
DD Ralph Talbot

**Holy Crap. That was a HUGE TF... and I laid some hurt down on it. I wish Gili Gili would hurry up and become a level 4 AF. Then I could make NE Oz untenable for him...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/01/42

Weather: Thunderstorms

**He's hiding his ships in Port of Townsville. When the weather clears, I'm gonna rock his world...

**Need to p/u the eng unit mistakenly sent to Lea Lea (West of Port Moresby) and return to Gili Gili for AF construction duties...

**BB TF was supposed to hit Townsville last night, but will (I hope) hit tonight. That may work out better, as he had a couple of powerful S/C TF's there. Those ships are now reported in port, and if not, will be nailed by my CV's if they try to flee...

Recon showing only one CV and one CVE in Port of Noumea. He likely sent the other CV home for AA refit.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/02/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
CA Kinugasa
DD Isokaze

Allied Ships
SS S-47, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage . . . YES! . . . *ahem*

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Sub attack at 23,77

Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
AO Sabine, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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IJN Naval bombardment of Townsville, at 10,62

Allied aircraft

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway x 6 destroyed
Wirraway x 5 damaged
P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 220
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 137

**No ships hit

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A Val x 19

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 19
P-39D Airacobra x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
D3A Val x 4 destroyed
D3A Val x 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Preston

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
D3A Val x 10

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 15
P-39D Airacobra x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed

** Well that was a waste of good pilots. Thought I had move far enough away to give my crews a break. Guess not.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/03/42

Weather: Overcast

IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
D3A Val x 35
B5N Kate x 8

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
D3A Val x 3 destroyed
D3A Val x 24 damaged
B5N Kate x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 4 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix
DD Gridley
DD Aaron Ward, Bomb hits 1
DD Helm
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Hull, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Buchanan
DD Farenholt
DD Preston

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IJN Air attack on Allied TF, near Rockhampton at 18,71

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate x 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Chicago

**I believe that BB North Carolina has escaped...

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/04/42

Weather: Overcast

Allied Air attack on Cooktown , at 6,53

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 23
B-25D Mitchell x 23

no losses

Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
Hudson at 6000 feet
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet

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Allied Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 55 . . wow...

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 107

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 4

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet

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Allied Air attack on IJN TF at 14,53

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Takao

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet

**I can say this now, "Nyah nyah, ya missed me!"

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/05/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sub attack at 52,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Cushing, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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IJA Air attack on Townsville , at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 4 damaged

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G3M Nell at 3000 feet

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IJA Air attack on Townsville , at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 45

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet

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IJA Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AV Thornton, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DM Montgomery, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 2

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Mutsu, Shell hits 1
BB Yamato, Shell hits 2
CA Takao, Shell hits 3
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
CA Kumano, Shell hits 4
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 4
CA Kako, Shell hits 3
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 5
DD Isokaze, Shell hits 2
DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 5, on fire
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix, Shell hits 26, on fire, heavy damage
DD Aaron Ward
DD Buchanan, Shell hits 24, on fire, heavy damage
DD Farenholt, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Blue, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Helm, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Mugford
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Henley
DD Gridley, Shell hits 1
DD Lamson, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Smith
DD Preston

**Don't you just love a suface battle?

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Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
DD Buchanan, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

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Allied Air attack on TF at 12,56

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 39
P-400 Airacobra x 40
P-39D Airacobra x 24
P-40E Kittyhawk x 13
B-26B Marauder x 9
A-20B Havoc x 15

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway x 3 damaged
A-20B Havoc x 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 5
DD Hamakaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
A-20B Havoc at 2000 feet
26B Marauder at 6000 feet

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Allied Air attack on TF at 12,56

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 20

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson x 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato

Attacking Level Bombers:
Hudson at 6000 feet

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IJA Air attack on TF, near Townsville at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 6 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Aaron Ward, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Preston
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/06/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on Townsville , at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Preston, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Port hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet

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Air attack on Rockhampton , at 18,71

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 3 damaged

Attacking Level Bombers:
G3M Nell at 1000 feet

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Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 13

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 4000 feet
G4M1 Betty at 2000 feet

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/30/42
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/31/42

Things were going pretty well in the USN versus IJN carrier pilots till this turn. Indianapolis
was sank (equal to 40 CV pilots in VP) To Date over 400 Japanese carrier type planes have
been destroyed. (136 Val 138 Kate 140+ Zero)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/01/42
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I'm going to wait for a larger TF before trying to battle his BB. (10 days or so)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/03/42

Jap CV are moving east (I hope all my TF's going to Noumea are far enough ahead to keep
out of range.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/04/42

Likely be a battle tonight at Townsville. 1 USN CL with DD against a Jap BB TF.
(But I should get a few more DD trained) If I can slow a few Jap ships downs prehaps my LBA
will even the score the next day.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/05/42

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/06/42

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/07/42

I like the way Mogami purposefully exposed his fleets around Townsville to air attack.
He appears to be using Townsville as a sinkhole for IJN air power and the allied ships that aren't sunk can patch the holes safely in port.
I know where I'd be patrolling my subs as the IJN

Originally posted by Mike_B20
I like the way Mogami purposefully exposed his fleets around Townsville to air attack.
He appears to be using Townsville as a sinkhole for IJN air power and the allied ships that aren't sunk can patch the holes safely in port.
I know where I'd be patrolling my subs as the IJN

He apparently is using the "stealth turtle" mode en route to Noumea...

stealth turtle mode, LMAO

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/07/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on Townsville , at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 10

Port hits 2

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet

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Air attack on Rockhampton , at 18,71

Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 3 damaged

Port hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G3M Nell at 1000 feet

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Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged

Port hits 4
Port supply hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 2000 feet
G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet
G4M1 Betty at 4000 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/08/42

Weather: Clear

Air attack on Townsville , at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged

Port hits 3

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet

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Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 4000 feet
G4M1 Betty at 2000 feet

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Air attack on Efate Port Vila , at 55,57

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 68 . . . **Mogami goes Carpet Bombing

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 487
Guns lost 2

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 9
Port supply hits 4

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/09/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

no losses

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7

Port hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 6000 feet

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Air attack on Cooktown , at 6,53

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 30
B-25D Mitchell x 31

no losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26

Attacking Level Bombers:
Hudson at 6000 feet
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/10/42

Weather: Thunderstorms
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/11/42

Weather: Thunderstorms

Ground combat at Cairns

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 673 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cairns base !!!

**OK, so I took it back.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/12/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sub attack at 51,68

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

**Stealth Turtle...

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Air attack on Cairns , at 7,56

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 30
B-25D Mitchell x 29
B-24D Liberator x 11

no losses

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 56

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
Hudson at 6000 feet

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Air attack on Efate Port Vila , at 55,57

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 69 . . . > >Geez, you'd think he'd be getting rug burns by now...

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 360
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 52

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet

singing:"Da da daaaa daaa on the Dark Side of the Moon..."
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/13/42

Weather: Overcast

Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 12 damaged

Port hits 4

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 100 feet

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/08/42

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/09/42

Jap carriers as expected are down on Noumea-Rockhampton sea lane. I have 6 cripples (5 DD
and CA Austraila currently in transit down there.) My two new CV are moving south from Noumea

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/10/42

I'm very concerned over Australia (the CA) she is still some distance from Noumea and out where
lurking IJN CV can find her. 4 of the DD arrived safely and were returned to PH.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/11/42

Let me close the airfield there before he moves in fighters.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/12/42

Allied Ships
CA Australia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Shes a tough old Aussie Gal she can take it

I was going to send a few escorts out to follow Australia into port but they refueled.
She will be in repair for 6 months. (But at least she is safe now)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/13/42

Cooktown and Cairns each need a few more missions flown to close them.

Originally posted by Mogami
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/09/42

Jap carriers as expected are down on Noumea-Rockhampton sea lane...My two new CV are moving south from Noumea

South? Not much room to run there... How much more south can you go?

Originally posted by Mogami
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/13/42

Cooktown and Cairns each need a few more missions flown to close them.

I need to Fast Transport more Sake' to those guys...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/14/42

Weather: Overcast

IJA Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 6 damaged

Port hits 4

Attacking Level Bombers:
8 x G4M1 Betty at 100 feet

**Hmmmm, no carriers in port... did they go back, or are they hiding?

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Allied Air attack on Cooktown , at 6,53

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 29
B-25D Mitchell x 30
B-24D Liberator x 12

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 56

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
Hudson at 6000 feet
B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet

**I've got to do something about his LBA. A sweep would do very nicely about now...

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IJN Air attack on Charter Towers , at 8,63 . . . And speak of the devil...

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell x 1 destroyed
B-25D Mitchell x 6 damaged
Hudson x 1 destroyed
Hudson x 6 damaged
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/15/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 100 feet

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Air attack on Charter Towers , at 8,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson x 3 destroyed
Hudson x 6 damaged

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Air attack on Luganville , at 53,53


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 65

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 713
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 55

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-17E Fortress at 9000 feet

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Air attack on Charter Towers , at 8,63

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson x 1 destroyed

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/16/42

Weather: Thunderstorms
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/17/42

Weather: Overcast
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on Port Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 10 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Arided, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Port hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 1000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/42

Weather: Clear

Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 6 damaged

Port hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 1000 feet

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Air attack on Townsville , at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 29

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 6 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged

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Air attack on Cairns , at 7,56


Allied aircraft
Hudson x 15
B-25D Mitchell x 29
B-26B Marauder x 21
B-24D Liberator x 10

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 55

Attacking Level Bombers:
B-24D Liberator at 6000 feet
Hudson at 6000 feet
B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
B-26B Marauder at 6000 feet

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Air attack on Townsville , at 10,62

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 3 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 5 damaged
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/20/42

Weather: Thunderstorms

Air attack on Noumea , at 52,67

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 10 damaged

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 7

Port hits 3

Attacking Level Bombers:
G4M1 Betty at 1000 feet

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/14/42

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/15/42

He has a CVE sitting off the coast attacking Charter Towers. I've ordered all my AA units
to move there. See what develops in a day or two.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/16/42

My CV take advantage of weather to refuel

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/17/42

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/42

I've lost track of the enemy CV.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/42

Well I know where a CVE is.

Originally posted by Mogami

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/19/42

Well I know where a CVE is.

Wonder if he'll come after it ?