Rob vs. 2ndACR .. Divine intervention needed NIK mod 5.2

[aztez]

Too bad indeed that POW did take a part in the battle of Koepang.

Nice pic on Yamamoto [:D][;)] ...any news what the damage is like?

I think you have made it clear for your opponent that Timor will be one tough nut to crack [:-]

[Rob Brennan UK]

POW really was a major disapointment ..

Hum i just re-read my last post and a huge chunk has gome missing !
All the attacks on the japanese BB TF disapeared .. bizarre

anyway here is the main event ..

Day Air attack on TF at 32,74


Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 6
Seafire x 5
Albacore x 25
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8
SBD Dauntless x 52
Swordfish x 21
TBD Devastator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
Albacore: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 27 damaged
Swordfish: 5 destroyed, 11 damaged
TBD Devastator: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage


Wierd how this got lost in the last post .. and all these too.

Day Air attack on TF at 32,74


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 53
Brewster 339D x 4
Martin 139 x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 17


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 7 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 8, on fire
BB Kirishima
CA Takao, Bomb hits 1

Day Air attack on TF at 32,74


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
SBD Dauntless x 17
TBD Devastator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
TBD Devastator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 3, on fire
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 3, on fire

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Day Air attack on TF at 32,74


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9
SBD Dauntless x 17
TBD Devastator x 15


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, on fire, heavy damage
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Day Air attack on TF at 32,74


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 8
TBD Devastator x 14


Allied aircraft losses
TBD Devastator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Tone, Bomb hits 1
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Day Air attack on TF at 31,75


Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage


All these were in the morning , bad weather prevented japanese LR cap ( i assume )
and in the afternoon the CV's got socked in with bad weather .. but that was when
the koepang beauforts sank the Atago.

All bomb hits were 500lb's .. range was one hex too far away. i might have been a bit
braver to be honest.

The badly damaged survivors at koepang dock to control flooding . BC Repluse is part of
this and now vulnerable to Port attacks. New P39's flown in and the ond ones flown out
to derby for 8 new planes ( although all pilots survived).

Again another side note, all the 144 P40's now operational in Derby and koepang has 250+ AV
support now . Although Scotty has been intensively training a LOT of fighters in both
the PI and over N sumatra. 100's of oscars mostly.

China is also an allied fighter free zone after losing too many hurricanes and the I16's and I15's
just die in droves. so they are to spend time in india doing regular training so the really
bad replacement pilots (20 exp ish) can at least get into the 50's in a few months.

I am toying with upgrading the american B26's in dacca to B17's ( have 80+) in the pools
as i havnt been abusing these a/c at all, the low replacemnet rate isn't hampering me at all.
I'll not make more 4E units than originally deployed but i downgraded several to b25/6 earlier on
and forgot to keep a list of which groups were which .. if anyone has quick access to this info
i'd appreciate it. ( IE all allied B17 units at start and the B18 units too which should be able to upgrade to 4E types imo ( I'll talk to scotty before doing this though)). I can always start a new game and check so it's hardlty crucial to allied plans and the B26B's in india/burma are tough and very experienced now. It's just with mandalay in allied hands and lots of fighters on-hand to mount a massive defence i might just use it (size6) as a forward strategic bomber base for city attacks in SE asia. Will have the added bonus of spreading out the japanese fighter forces here too. also with the date being early (just 42) Japan does not have any good bomber interceptors yes, yes the Zero can kill some they are them selves very vulnerable to .50 cal return fire. also soon to have a enough F5's to upgrade an experienced Dutch recon group to LR Recon a/c .. there is a new arriving one in the Pac for that theatre .. and that leaves australia short for now. the absymal F5 replacemnt rate is a real pain the collective butt. Allies have 3 FK51 groups in autralia just waiting.

One japanese possible strategy is to attack me behind the lines ( im a bit woried about derby frankly). although allied air power would really hurt him . its one way to isolate Timor. I think I'll keep a bunch of AP's ( i do have a LOT in N australa) in koepang harbour to lift the marines in case of this possibility.

Elsewhere im feeling quite secure . ESP in New guinea for some reason. I suspect japan is focused on PM rather than thursday is. It wont be long before thursday becomes a level 4 then i can hopefully flatten Lae before it even becomes a threat ( its still level 1 AF).

[ctangus]

Wow.

BTW, per the manual you can do British withdrawals from SF. So you could bring Resolution to the West Coast & still have the option to withdraw her if needed. She has to be under 50 sys, too.

I've never tried a withdrawal from there, however.

[aztez]

ORIGINAL: ctangus

Wow.

BTW, per the manual you can do British withdrawals from SF. So you could bring Resolution to the West Coast & still have the option to withdraw her if needed. She has to be under 50 sys, too.

I've never tried a withdrawal from there, however.

You forgot quite a few action reports Rob [:-][:D][:D][:D] ... I mean what is actually left of Japanese naval power???? [:D][:D][:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: aztez

ORIGINAL: ctangus

Wow.

BTW, per the manual you can do British withdrawals from SF. So you could bring Resolution to the West Coast & still have the option to withdraw her if needed. She has to be under 50 sys, too.

I've never tried a withdrawal from there, however.

You forgot quite a few action reports Rob [:-][:D][:D][:D] ... I mean what is actually left of Japanese naval power???? [:D][:D][:D]

Hehe .. yes . no idea how it all went missing . guess i just mixed up the cut and paste somehow .. The best action in the pacific and i cocked up the report .. lol [:D]

Thanks for the tip about brit withdrawls from the west coast , never knew that. might help a LOT .. certainly makes it easier to decide where to send her. IF she survives

i wonder if the Yamato sank with 6 torp hits ?

Scotty just replied about the brits being a major suprise to him. he'd asumed i'd withdrawn to derby, which i had. i guess he didnt see my spotting a/c that gave me time to form up properly. Apparently he gets payback next turn .. i'll run it and see what happened .. horrible sinking feeling coming over me.

[Rob Brennan UK]

I needn't have worried over much about payback ..

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/24/42

Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39
A6M3 Zero x 55
G4M1 Betty x 23

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 22
P-39D Airacobra x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 19 destroyed, 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 15 destroyed, 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 41 destroyed OUCH
P-39D Airacobra: 29 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Columbo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire FINE
CLAA Caledon
CLAA Ceres, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage SANK

but thats exacty what the CLAA's were there for .. covering the AP's .. not one man lost yet unloading .. 90% off the boats , just the big AP's i'd miscalculated unloading times by a bit.

Odd this is the combat says 22 wildcat engaged .. 41 shot down ! .. and it's not far from the
truth either, early combat was very heavily in favout of the allies , even P39's shot down
equal numbers of zeros ( amazingly) .. i skipped after watching 5 minutes so a lot of
scrambled ( and presumably low alt a/c engaged the japanese and got clobbered). pilot losses were
in the region of 20 F4 pilots and 15 P39.. the F4 pilots were highly experienced and will be missed
Still thats 40 less zeros too.

Yamato is still afloat

Day Air attack on TF, near Butung Island at 33,72


Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

only moved 1 hex today .. and that bombs knocked off another 6in gun mount.

all allied subs vectored into kavieng port and 2 experienced catalina groups set to
night naval attack .. one is 85 exp av. other is 75. both commanders changed to agressive.
lets see if the subs spotting allows a night raid .. one more torp will imo finish the Yamato.

the other japanese BB's made Kavieng harbour. wonder if he has AR's here ? i suspct so.

yet another piccie of teh combat zone .. Dili got a few enginmeer troops in the form
of a much battered 1DAF Aviation unit c 30% strength. but it finally tips me over the 10
eng minumun or fort construction.

Also British AViation HQ unloading at derby .. extra 25% will be handy of he comes close.

bye for now

[Rob Brennan UK]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/25/42


Well my fears about a port attack on Koepang were well founded .. drats

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
A6M3 Zero x 38
G4M1 Betty x 48
Ki-49 Helen x 130

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 11 destroyed, 26 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 38 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 7 destroyed

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CLAA Caledon, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CLAA Columbo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


nice damage though .. but the allies are leaving despite flood damage (which is light)

Looks like japan is trying to take a smaller island just north of koepang . the
beauforts hurt them a lot

Day Air attack on TF at 29,73


Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 31
P-39D Airacobra x 7


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Eiko Maru
MSW Ataka Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Atsuta Maru, Torpedo hits 1
AP Gyoko Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

AP gyoku maru sank .. SNLF unit seen scrambling for life rafts

Allies suffered several casulaties at koepang today too .. not all one sided though

Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged


Allied Ships
AP Camphuys, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empress of Asia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Zealandia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Dardanus, Torpedo hits 1

Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M3 Zero x 31
G4M1 Betty x 3

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 5 destroyed

Allied Ships
AP Zealandia

The P39;s suffered ,, however 140 P40's sent back to koepang.. might be a suprise to the japs
as it appears the P39s have been clobbered ( which they have )

also one small piece of news

BB YAMATO SUNK

[aztez]

Congratulations. It seems RN just destroyed bulk of the Japanese fleet! [;)]

Are planning any offensives to follow up this success?

[Rob Brennan UK]

Thank you , I'm an ever bigger Royal Navy fan boy that i was before. I LOVE albacores and stringbags.

I'm tempted to move a small BF to a nearby island (north of koepang) to start a base building exercise. maybe airlift in a small dutch unit too so the honour of starting the re-conquest of the DEI can fall to the brave Dutch troops.

I'll see what happens to my airforce first though. if i get hammered again, then its too early, IF i can get some measure of parity then maybe ..

However i dont have enough air frames to fight on 2 fronts (burma+timor), in fact barely enough to fight on one. the P36 pool has grown to 70 so i can soon downgrade a P40 unit to free up reserves , but I really need new types i.e P38's and no spits till next year. although a trickle of hurricane IIc helps out the RAF a bit.

[veji1]

Well this game is amazing.... So much for the Bravely bold Sir Robin tactic... The RN stands, fights, and Wins !

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: veji1

Well this game is amazing.... So much for the Bravely bold Sir Robin tactic... The RN stands, fights, and Wins !

Thank you Veji1 .. funnily enough my real name is Robin ( abbreviated to Rob ) so i'm the true enti-thesis of the Brave Sir Robin approach.

He did imo make a serious error not covering with CV's as he knew my carriers were about there. and IF KB shows up I will run away as fast as i can paddle. there is brave and there is foolish[;)]

According to last E-mail. the other 2 BB's might succumb too. eliminating the fast Japanese BB's makes me breath a heck of a lot easier.

And thank you for the contribution, more the merrier [:D]

[aztez]

He really should have had his CV's provinding CAP for that BB TF.

Yamamoto + 2BB's gone... well he will need an miracle to continue his advances.

[Rob Brennan UK]

I'll be very pleased if he halts with me controlling timor and PM. I'd almost expect a 44 victory in that situation. BUT i'm not counting any chickens yet. KB is an awesome threat still. And I cannot operate outside my own LBA coverage.

Even IF the other 2 BB Nagato and kirishima iirc don't sink they are out for 9 months + of yard time. In a week or so I'll send some subs to cover the possible retreat path back to japan, might get lucky.

[Nikademus]

Have to admit, i'm puzzled by Scott's strategy....such a major committment of Japanese surface power....where was KB to help support it?

Yamato's sinking doesn't suprise me. She can't take the torpedo punishment in the game that she could in real life.

[Rob Brennan UK]

As expected .. heavy air combat over Koepang ..

At 17000 ft the allies had initial control, later on in the combat however
the 'elite' japanese pilots evened the gap and 4 A6M3 were devastation (and escaped)
after breaking through the fighters the P40's worked over a large group of betties
which eventually turned back, 9 made it through unscated from a seperate group and
hit a few AK's

Day Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
A6M3 Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 27

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 125

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed
A6M3 Zero: 18 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 15 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 18 destroyed, 39 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Tantalus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Kingsley, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Rats , I left replacements on .. grr .. thought i'd turned it off.

Still . more dead japanese pilots.

As you can see from the picture he's invaded Flores. If i can arrange it, that will be
an allied fighter training base, which i need badly.

almost forgot

Nagato sinks

Edit

Nik , i was suprised too. i believe he assumed I would think he would have KB lurking .. hence i called his bluff. and won

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

Have to admit, i'm puzzled by Scott's strategy....such a major committment of Japanese surface power....where was KB to help support it?

Yamato's sinking doesn't suprise me. She can't take the torpedo punishment in the game that she could in real life.

Does that mean she would survive 6 torp hits in real life? [X(]

[Nemo121]

Aye, a very impressive stand. I'm glad it worked out as the Sir Robin tactic can be a bit tiresome and, in reality, would have been tempered by some aggressive counter-raids, as you've just demonstrated.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Castor . irl i believe yamato took 13 torpedo hits and 10's of 1000 lbs .. and she still took a while to sink .. compared to the unsinkable titanic [;)]. she had some awesome flood control areas and lots of watertight compartments.. she was truly a monster ship.


Nemo .. thank you . given your intellectual (uber)competance with the system, praise is welcome indeed. Just goes to show gut feeling can be as calculating as well .. ummm 'calculating' [:D]

all hasnt gone to plan since though ..

having left replacemnts on ( im sure i turned it off) for the P40's in koepang. lots of new panes were fodder for a japanese air raid

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 38
Ki-49 Helen x 157

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 47 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 9 destroyed BUGGER
PBY Catalina: 1 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

However i have been hitting flores too

Day Air attack on Maumere , at 28,73


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 12
Hudson I x 8
Beaufort V-IX x 68
B-26B Marauder x 12


No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

IF i can keep the small runway battered he'll have a bad job flying in new units ( namely engineers)

We have been swopping night raids too .. emilys attacked derby 2 nights running ( the night hurricanes on 100% LR cap proved useless) while experienced cats failed to hit kaviang harbour .
This worries me quite a bit .. need AA units in derby i dont want to move from the front lines (ie timor).

BUT .. now thursday is made a level 4 .. lae got hit badly

Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 4
Hurricane IIb x 7
Wellington III x 43
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 64

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 4 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

with pby recon the runway hits are poor .. but the kates and vals were a suprise hitting the last ak's unloading in PM harbour.


FYI .. supply levels in forward bases ..

Koepang 100k+
PM 40k+
thursday is 25k+

Timor is very very well supplied .. and the big convoys sent back to karachi. PM and thursday is. need more supply .. and it's coming in small 1-3 ship AK's which seem to slip under the japanese detection network ..

also for the 1st time andaman is' warranted the visit of a few japanese CA's .. unfortunate as i'd justr flown in some swordfish as i had spotted a rangoon convoy .. only 2 lost thankfully .. but the pilots died too .. annoyingly.

Naval bombardment of Andaman Island, at 23,34


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed
Catalina I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Nagatsuki
DD Satsuki
DD Yugiri
DD Ariake
CA Aoba
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma


Allied ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 31
Port fuel hits 2

Andaman is being supplied by 30 odd dakotas flying from trincomalee .. occasional AK's have ended
in ruin .. one full 5k AK however unloading today .. with an AF2 and fort4 .. its no push over but its still easy meat if he underestimates the defenders.

china only has a few SB2's flying annoying (interferance) raids. and japanese bombing has cancelled my bombardment of nanning .. so i dont need any air bridge right now .. with chang kai check<sp> on holiday ( i.e out of chungking).. supply is ok-ish everywhere.

India is looking weak now i have covered ALL landing zones with some ground troops .. BUT the armour is now concentrated .. so a fast reaction force is available if needed. ( although i doubt he'll hit india with PM and timor in allied hands ) . i really want him to invade timor really .. the ground strength and supply will keep him pinned for months at least.

Pacific is quiet for both sides .. i need more AV support ( esp in NE australia) .. and im shipping fighters to the aussie theatre from noumea and canton. Given the date i need more eng troops too, i know they will come but i want them now ! [;)]

B17s fron cairns and cooktown work over gili gili. trying to prevent any kind of airfield here, although i'm not hitting much it still overwhenlms the defenders building capacity.

ok thats all for now .. night night all

[Nikademus]

short of some catastrophic event....yes.

[Rob Brennan UK]

Nik . pls don't tempt fate .. Ive had to remover most air cover from brisbane so the Hornet is ill defended.. humm

There is a steady stream of damaged ships heading derby-perth-melbourne/sydney ( for the repair yards)
BC repulse will make a solo dash .. leaving Derby today ..

allied BB resolution .. well down on flooding, bar a succesful night raid she will survive.

The end of july is upon us .. and finally enough F5's refit a dutch recon group in karachi. oddly enough another full group arrived today too. having checked range i 'think' i can fly one from andaman to koepang (42 hexes) so save shipping one to australia. ( i want better recon on Lae)

still lowering the altitude .. allied mediums hit Lae hard today

Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
PBY Catalina x 2
Hurricane IIb x 9
Wellington III x 39
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 58

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed
B5N Kate: 7 destroyed
D3A Val: 4 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 56

Excellent

He's shipping in more men to Lae ..

Day Air attack on TF at 56,88


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 4
Hudson I x 3
Beaufort V-IX x 10
B-25C Mitchell x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Ryuyo Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Oyo Maru
AP Seattle Maru, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported

All my subs here failed to intercept .. im guessing its eng or BF troops.

Day Air attack on TF at 56,88


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 4
Hudson I x 10
Beaufort V-IX x 5


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Seattle Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Kamo Maru
AP Oyo Maru
AP Ryuyo Maru

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported

Koepang still gets pounded , BUT the AA is working well

Day Air attack on Koepang , at 28,77

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 49
Ki-49 Helen x 124

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed, 42 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 9 destroyed
Wellington III: 2 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed RATS
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 58

I've downgraded a 72 plane P40E group in Calcutta to P36's .. so i have a pool to draw from at least.

Time to combat test the hurricane IIc vs armoured japanese dive bombers in china in 2 days. (flown in to kweiyang today)

probably more later .. we seem to be batting turns quick these days.