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Looks like I´ve found an explanation why I´ve suffered quite a lot of damaged subs since the beginning of 43:

Prior to 1944, Allied crews perform ASW functions during daylight at 114% of their crew rating,
and at night at 150% of their crew rating (except for British crews which get no bonus at night
as they generally already have extra high night experience). Prior to 1943, Japanese crews
perform their ASW functions at 67% of their crew rating, while in 1943 and thereafter they
perform at 80% of their crew rating.

This seems to be the reason why I´ve got more crippled subs in 1/43 already than I´ve suffered over months before 1/43. It´s only a 13% increase but the effect is real. My subs still don´t seem to get sunk but every crap ASW vessel seems to be able to achieve a direct hit which is enough to send every sub home. The subs are patched up in no time in port but the transfer time costs you a month.

ORIGINAL: castor troy


The Japanese had not even 100 fighters on Cap and something like 90 of them actually engaged my incoming strike. I had 240 Wildcats on Cap and something like 80 engaged the incoming strike.

It´s obviously definetely meaningless in scenario 2, not only in regards to pilot losses, but also to plane losses. It´s harder for me to replace the SBD losses than for the Japanese to replace Zeroes, Kates or Vals it seems. None of my SBD squadrons in the whole war has suffered any real losses (got three USMC squadrons equipped with SBDs and the USN of course) and the pool is now dried up. No fights for them for 12 months, one engagement, empty.

Of course I can compare it with the PH strike, just like I can compare it with any other CV strike of real life or hypothetical ones. No CV force could do what the CVs can do in the game. Or are we now talking about CVs having 100% of their strike aircraft armed on deck to launch alltogether. It´s not a Japanese thing or an Allied thing, that´s why I´ve said, carrier based strikes.

I stand by what I´ve said. Trying to make Cap more realistic is a good way, trying to make land based strikes more realistic is good too (no matter what I think about the outcome) but not touching CV based strikes in conjunction with changing the other two things is false IMO. Or do you really think that the 505 aircraft in the Japanese strike or the 325 aircraft in the Allied strike would be realistic? In WITP we were always told the reason why we see such huge strikes is because it´s for the whole AM or PM phase and this "single" strike represents a series of strikes. Now that shouldn´t be true in AE anymore (as can be seen with the land based "(un)coordination".

Yes , they had 90% of CAP up and facing you but they did have surprise with the first strike , that said consideirng the warning you had very little cap on . Now this did happen historically a few times ( clark on Dec 8 and Coral sea to name a few) . So there is a roll in the game to simualte this and yopu got a bad one - im just trying to work out what affects it ,commander , weather , seperate TFs ? Cap settings , coordination penalty by more than x cvs per tf ?


I agree the size of an individual strike and it is really 2+ strikes ( eg PH is 2 am strikes historically ) which gets resolved as 1 and an afternoon strike would be the 3rd PH strike if it came ( which due to the distance is rare - as was historical) and since it is 2+ strikes more Cap would be up for the second strike , reducing any surprise.

A 505 single strike is unrealistic but multiple strikes which gets resolved as a single strike due to a game abstraction im ok with. Though i wish it used the same resolution as land breaking it to sub strikes ( which is really what would happen against different TF , which would also stress the CAP coordination and make some attacks more leaky while others are suicide - just like midway where the low TB take teh CAP away when the DBs come in) . It would be nice to see in a patch.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 43
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Submarine attack near Port Hueneme at 223,77

Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
TK A.C. Rubel, Torpedo hits 1[8|]



TK A.C. Rubel is sighted by SS I-24
SS I-24 launches 6 torpedoes

god, I´m unable to defend the West Coast against IJN subs and it´s 1/43... those YP don´t work as ASW forces, they got DCs but do nothing, no idea if by design or if it´s a bug.. I will have to withdraw them and replace all those ASW TFs with SCs or something like that...

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Submarine attack near Port Hueneme at 223,77

Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
TK A.C. Rubel, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage [>:]



TK A.C. Rubel is sighted by SS I-24
SS I-24 attacking on the surface

while the big tanker would have survived the single torp hit, another one together with three shell hits sank the ship...

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ASW attack near Singapore at 49,83

Japanese Ships
DD Asashio
DD Kuroshio
DD Michishio
DD Oshio

Allied Ships
SS Tuna, hits 5



SS Tuna launches 6 torpedoes at DD Asashio
DD Michishio fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oshio attacking submerged sub ....
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Oshio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Tuna missed (strange kind of bad luck since 1/1/43 considering we more or less have hit with every shot before 43) and takes enough damage to be sent to the shipyard... the effect of the ASW experience increase of IJN vessels in 1/43 seems to be more severe to us than our reduced dud rate to 50% to the Japanese...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-21
SC CHa-27
SC CHa-37
SC CHa-29

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at SC CHa-21
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-29 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-37 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Pogy



SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at DD Hatakaze
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
TK Amato Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
TK Kanto Maru
PB Choko Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Pogy



SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at TK Amato Maru
Pogy diving deep ....
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Choko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Pogy
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Choko Maru #5 cannot establish contact with SS Pogy
SS Pogy eludes PB Choko Maru #5 by diving deep
PB Choko Maru #5 cannot establish contact with SS Pogy
PB Choko Maru #5 cannot establish contact with SS Pogy
PB Choko Maru #5 cannot establish contact with SS Pogy
Escort abandons search for sub

we hit a tanker but a single torp hit won´t be enough to sink an empty tanker...

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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 36,600 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 35600 feet *
5 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet *

Hurricanes missed the bombers...

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Morning Air attack on 19th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 23 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 3 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...


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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 11
B-17E Fortress x 35


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 4 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged



Resources hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Liberator II bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

have ordered strategic bombing of the 200 resource centers at Haiphong, 70 are damaged... the reason for such an attack isn´t as much damaging the resource centers but to force the enemy to disperse his fighter assets if he wants to defend his resources... there should be so many round though that I doubt it´s really necessary to defend the ones currently in heavy bomber range...


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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Resources hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 7
B-26 Marauder x 28
P-40E Warhawk x 13


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 8 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 11 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes

[X(] now that was bad news again, it´s amazing that the Japanese are able to put up Cap over Rabaul because the base should be cratered... the base for sure has a damage of 100% so I wonder how the enemy fighters are maintained... after my naval nuke bombardment I thought I would be easily able to keep Rabaul closed but without the need of having a working base (seems like the enemy only needs a runway) we´re going to run into problems here...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 43


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

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



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 35

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 36000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 78 minutes

our bombers really take a beating today... thank god 2/43 is just around the corner, from that day on, I won´t have to care about heavy bomber losses anymore...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 4 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
265th Sentai with Ki-43-IIa Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36750 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes

losing twelve heavy bombers with the current replacement rate of 20 per month is a disaster though...



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Naval Construction Battalion, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 2 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 43
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TF 35 encounters mine field at Finschhafen (100,126)

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

my mine laying operations against the IJN fast transports definetely pay off... going to mine every potential fast transport target now, guess this should end these operations once and for all...

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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel, hits 2



SS Gunnel launches 6 torpedoes at E Kari
Gunnel diving deep ....
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kari attacking submerged sub ....
E Kari is out of ASW ammo
E Kari is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

yet another miss and a damaged sub...

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,89

Japanese Ships
TK Kuroshio Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Yamahagi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 1



SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kuroshio Maru
KXVII diving deep ....
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 cannot reach attack position over SS KXVII
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 cannot establish contact with SS KXVII
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a Dutch sub kills one of the precious tankers...

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TF 35 encounters mine field at Finschhafen (100,126)

Japanese Ships
DD Naganami
DD Yugumo
DD Akigumo, Mine hits 1, heavy damage [:D]

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



4 mines cleared (does this include the one Akigumo has hit? [;)])

scratch two IJN DDs to mines... I wasn´t really sure so far but it seems that the enemy is actually bringing troops into the area instead of evacuating them... that´s interesting...

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ASW attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
PB Uruboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise is sighted by escort
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Darwin at 75,123

Japanese Ships
PB Kiso Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-32



SS S-32 is sighted by escort
S-32 bottoming out ....
PB Kiso Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

got nearly a dozen subs around Darwin as I thought the enemy would have to move his damaged carriers to the nearest port but the KB just steamed North and we lost track of it... [&:] either the damaged carriers are sunk or they don´t need to be brought to the closest port because damage isn´t severe...

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Morning Air attack on 254th Armoured Brigade, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 9 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 7th Australian Division ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 7th Australian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...

those daily attacks don´t cause any damage, the only thing happening is some of my troops are reverting from move to combat mode which slows down our movement...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Finschhafen at 100,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 6
A-24 Banshee x 16
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9


Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Naganami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Akigumo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
12 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Naganami
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Momi class DD

due to the fast transport TF hitting mines, the damaged DDs were split off and unfortunetely for the IJN, an undamaged destroyer was tasked to escort Akigumo... both shouldn´t survive...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16
Beaufort VIII x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort VIII: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk
DD Asagumo, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
5 x F4F-4 Wildcat sweeping at 10000 feet
7 x Vengeance I releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
4 x Vengeance I releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36250
Raid is overhead

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Asagumo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Minegumo

now it´s for sure that both won´t survive... while the enemy DDs were already dead in the water, the Vengeances proved to be really accurate in bombing naval targets, bomb after bomb hit the destroyers... looks like we have a new wonder weapon for short range anti shipping strikes, while not really long ranged or being a flying tank, the Vengeance carries four bombs (2x500lb + 2x250lb) on normal range or 2x500lb on extended range which makes a dive bomber really a threat as they more or less can´t miss in dive bombing with 4 bomb die rolls... all of them got 70 nav bomb skill, so coming close to my dive bomber bases without a really heavy Cap now is even more dangerous...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Lae at 99,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Vengeance I releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

nothing left to bomb...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Finschhafen at 100,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Naganami, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

but one hex next to the other two destroyers we find Naganami and put a bomb into the ship... being heavily damaged from the mine hit, the ship only made one hex during daylight so it was doomed anyway, now it´s sunk for sure... means that fast transport attempt to Finshhaven has cost the IJN three DDs...

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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 7
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 14
B-24D Liberator x 18


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

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



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10
B-26 Marauder x 26


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 15


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 38th JNAF AF Unit , at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kavieng at 106,122

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 28


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

lots of Mitchells from Buna attack Yubari (without an escort) at Kavieng, I guess Yubari was part of the fast transport TF going to Finshhaven but due to the destroyers getting damaged, Yubari retired alone to Kavieng... I doubt Rainer would send the small cruiser without an escort on a mission to Kavieng when he definetely knows that the area between Truk and Rabaul is flooded with subs...

heavy rain, all bombers miss...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kavieng at 106,122

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1, on fire [:D]

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



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

but the small follow on wave achieves a hit... also troops aboard Yubari which supports my guess about Yubari having been part of the Finshhaven reinforcement attempt... sending more troops to Finshhaven means losing them...

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Ground combat at Lae (99,126)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19709 troops, 404 guns, 572 vehicles, Assault Value = 648

Defending force 16061 troops, 168 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 459

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 612

Japanese adjusted defense: 4147

Allied assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: HQ(+), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
542 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


Allied ground losses:
161 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
I US Amphib Corps

Defending units:
19th Naval Guard Unit
12th Division
89th Naval Guard Unit
38th Field AA Battalion
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Naval Construction Battalion
38th JNAF AF Unit

wth? nice adjusted av indeed... while getting insane odds, the enemy isn´t really combat worthy anymore as can be seen in the low casualties the Allied suffer... it´s only a matter of time and Lae will fall...

slowly recovering from the shock of suffering a horrible defeat in our carrier engagement, we look forward again. Looks like it will be possible to save Yorktown and Lexington (if not hit by a sub) but they´re going to be out of the war for a looong time. With the high tonnage of Lexington, I guess the ship won´t be ready before early 44 again, Yorktown can be repaired in Sydney´s port but that will also take a year or probably longer...

the end result of our carrier engagement looks like to be: the Groote Eylandt reinforcement failed, CV Enterprise sunk, CVs Yorktown and Lexington heavily damaged and out of the war for at least a year (if they make it to a big shipyard), 2 BBs sunk, another two BBs moderately to heavily damaged, 4 CVEs sunk, 1 CA and 1 DD sunk... minor damage on some more ships, 300 carrier based aircraft lost, F4F-4 and SBD pools depleted when I fill up my carrier based squadrons again...

my intel daily brings up news about CVs Hiyo and Junyo sunk, just to contradict the next day again... in the best case, those two second class CVs are sunk with Kaga, Shokaku and CVL Ryujo damaged (from light to moderate damage). The enemy also lost around 300 carrier based aircraft. Even in the best case, I would rate it as a clear Japanese victory, it delays the Allied by at least 6 - 8 months in going forward, we can only attack some secondary targets in the best case. It was the perfect moment for an attack on my carriers and it could not have gone much better for the Japanese I guess, very well done Rainer. [&o] With the Japanese CV reinforcements and the time to repair the damaged CVs the Japanese will have more CVs available when we could expect the next big engagement between the two enemy carrier fleets, but I´m going to have to wait for my big reinforcements between June and August...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 43
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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Konzan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Konei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pogy



SS Pogy launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Konzan Maru
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a freighter sunk...

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
xAK Sansei Maru
xAK Sumiyoshi Maru
xAK Akasisan Maru
PB Uruboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Snook



SS Snook launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Sansei Maru
Snook diving deep ....
PB Uruboko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Uruboko Maru cannot establish contact with SS Snook
PB Uruboko Maru loses contact with SS Snook
SS Snook eludes PB Uruboko Maru by diving deep
PB Uruboko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Uruboko Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Snook
PB Uruboko Maru cannot establish contact with SS Snook
SS Snook eludes PB Uruboko Maru by diving deep
PB Uruboko Maru attacking submerged sub ....
SS Snook eludes ASW attack from PB Uruboko Maru
PB Uruboko Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Snook
PB Uruboko Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Snook
PB Uruboko Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Snook
SS Snook eludes PB Uruboko Maru by diving deep
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Uruboko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the other one missed...

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Sub attack near Amoy at 84,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Konzan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pogy



xAK Konzan Maru is sighted by SS Pogy
SS Pogy launches 4 torpedoes

the earlier hit would have been sufficient...

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Sub attack near Orchid Island at 87,68

Japanese Ships
E Kari
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel



SS Gunnel launches 4 torpedoes at E Kari
Gunnel diving deep ....
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

missed...

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,91

Japanese Ships
PB Toyotu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Yamahagi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at PB Toyotu Maru
Skipjack diving deep ....
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 cannot establish contact with SS Skipjack
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 cannot establish contact with SS Skipjack
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 loses contact with SS Skipjack
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamahagi Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and a patrol boat obliberated...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
xAKL Ryua Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Nigitsu Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel



SS Gunnel launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Ryua Maru
Gunnel diving deep ....
PB Nigitsu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nigitsu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

small freighter sunk... must be a good day for my subs...

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Morning Air attack on Talasea , at 103,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 38,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

the first appearance of the Corsair...

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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

tried to pick off leaking Cap from Rabaul with my Lightnings and Corsairs but Rainer moved out his fighters immedietely again...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 25 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 9 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 damaged


Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
24 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on Talasea , at 103,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

the Corsair squadron isn´t able to fly together... well done with the "coordination" routine...

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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
B-26 Marauder x 25
P-40E Warhawk x 13
P-40K Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 11


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 47


Japanese aircraft losses
C5M2 Babs: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 8 damaged

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



Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 105

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
B-26 Marauder x 27


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...

a lucky flak hit claimed a Marauder...

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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 4


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Keijo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Keijo Maru caught transferring cargo ...

the daily recon flight to Shortlands spotted four PBs there but no bombers from Buna took off in the morning... only four in the afternoon that caught one of the PBs unloading which usually means big trouble for the ships... the PB should be sunk...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 23, 43
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Sub attack near Keijo at 101,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Arizona Maru
xAK Kazuura Maru
xAK Brisbane Maru
E Hishu

Allied Ships
SS Silversides, hits 2



SS Silversides launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Arizona Maru
Silversides bottoming out ....
E Hishu attacking submerged sub ....
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

duds and in return Silversides takes moderate damage...

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TF 111 encounters mine field at Namatanai (107,125)

Japanese Ships
AMc Tomozono Maru #3
AMc Tama Maru #2
AMc Seki Maru #3

17 mines cleared

not sure if these AMc actually were sent down from Truk to clear mines, I guess they were at Rabaul and are heading out now, going back to Truk... on their way they clear some mines at that base...

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Submarine attack near Fort Ord at 218,74

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 20, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Washington
CLAA Oakland
DD Nicholas
DD Cony
DD Fletcher
DD Bailey
DD Barton
DD Lardner
DD Strong



SS I-6 is sighted by escort
DD Bailey attacking submerged sub ....
DD Barton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Lardner attacking submerged sub ....
DD Strong attacking submerged sub ....
DD Bailey fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Barton attacking submerged sub ....
DD Lardner fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Strong fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Bailey fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Barton fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Barton attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-6 forced to surface!
DD Lardner firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Strong firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Bailey firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Lardner firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

one of the subs just sitting off the West Coast... it doesn´t happen really often that I move capitol ships in and out from the WC but it seems most of the time I do, the TFs meet enemy subs which I really don´t like... in this case the escorts do their job (amazingly), engage the sub before it gets off a shot and to my surprise, the DDs actually take out the bugger... BB Washington spent months in San Francisco´s shipyard after being hit by two torps (yeah, off the West Coast [8|]) right after she arrived in theatre... with a modern BB sunk during the recent carrier engagement, Washington is sent to Australia...

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Sub attack near Kobe at 107,61

Japanese Ships
TK Nitiei Maru
E Ishigaki

Allied Ships
SS Grunion, hits 1



SS Grunion launches 6 torpedoes at TK Nitiei Maru
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Ishigaki attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub

Grunion fires a full salvo of duds...

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68

Japanese Ships
E Hiyodori
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel



SS Gunnel launches 6 torpedoes at E Hiyodori
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and Gunnel misses... now does it matter that much when the enemy´s ASW performance is increased from 67% to 80% of their exp that my subs now keep on missing them? The 94% hit rate of 42 has long been history...

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 71,91

Japanese Ships
TK Nissan Maru
SC CHa-5
TK Ryuei Maru
SC CHa-17

Allied Ships
SS Skipjack



SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at TK Nissan Maru
Skipjack diving deep ....
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

next failed attack on a tanker...

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ASW attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-39
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon is located by SC CHa-39
Sturgeon diving deep ....
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

here comes the second Lightning squadron...

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Morning Air attack on 19th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 17 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 77th Chindit Brigade ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 150th RAC Regiment ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...


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Morning Air attack on 3rd Carabiniers Regiment, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 17



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged


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


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 28
B-24D Liberator x 18
B-26 Marauder x 40
P-40E Warhawk x 13
P-40K Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 10 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 9 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
B-24D Liberator x 17
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 89th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Naval Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 7
B-24D Liberator x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Naval Construction Battalion, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


No Allied losses

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 5


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

and the rest of the squadron... I should be used to this BS already but I´m getting upset every turn again and again and again... something not even in WITP happened... yeah, there were those moments, but not as consistent as in AE... the (un)coordination feature as it is is just plain wrong...

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ASW attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
E Hato
E Kasasagi
E Kamo
E Kiji

Allied Ships
SS Silversides



SS Silversides is located by E Hato
E Kamo fails to find sub and abandons search
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kiji fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Lae (99,126)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19620 troops, 404 guns, 572 vehicles, Assault Value = 707

Defending force 15387 troops, 168 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 420

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 888

Japanese adjusted defense: 451

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1289 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
164 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Division
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
40th Infantry Division
I US Amphib Corps

Defending units:
89th Naval Guard Unit
12th Division
19th Nav Gd /1
38th Field AA Battalion
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Naval Construction Battalion
38th JNAF AF Unit

forts are reduced to 0 and we nearly get a 2:1... the next attack should finish Lae´s defenders...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 43
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Yubari Maru
xAK Toyu Maru
xAKL Fukuyama Maru
xAKL Chosen Maru
xAKL Yamayuri Maru
PB Menado Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gato



SS Gato is sighted by escort
Gato diving deep ....
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Menado Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Nagoya at 109,64

Japanese Ships
xAK Syokyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PB Kinsyo Maru #4

Allied Ships
SS Shad



SS Shad launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Syokyu Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Kinsyo Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a single torp isn´t always enough to sink a freighter...

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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 96,134

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63

Allied Ships
xAKL Pelton Bank
xAKL Oorama
xAKL Koonda
xAKL Kindur
xAKL Caledon
xAKL Schouten
xAKL Patris
xAKL Vichy
xAKL Sarangami
xAKL Vincent
xAKL Mexican
AM Wollongong
AM Wallaroo



SS RO-63 is sighted by escort
RO-63 diving deep ....
AM Wollongong fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Wallaroo attacking submerged sub ....
AM Wallaroo fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wallaroo fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wallaroo fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Wallaroo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

resupply convoy going to Port Moresby... I usually use my xAKLs for such tasks but unfortunetely I don´t really have lots of them... they´re kind of a super barge...

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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 57 [8|]
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 21
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 19



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 21
Hurricane IIc Trop x 28
P-40E Warhawk x 19
P-40K Warhawk x 9


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed [8|]
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead
No.60 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead
No.79 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead
No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36000
Raid is overhead
No.607 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 35600
Raid is overhead
51st FG/26th FS with P-40K Warhawk (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 29000
Raid is overhead
70th FS with P-40E Warhawk (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
23rd FG/75th FS with P-40E Warhawk (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 254th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...

something I never understood was the psychic ability of the WITP engine to adjust the number of escorts for a strike dependend on the fact if Cap is over the target or not... the same is true for AE, there has been no change in this more than strange "ability". You can see very small numbers of escorts over months going with the bombers to the same target when there´s no Cap. Then you send in some fighters to fly Cap and the AI gives the player (no matter what side) the psychic feature of sending a couple of times more escorts with his strike as soon as there are enemy fighters there. While there were usually only one or at best two dozen fighters with the bombers, out of a sudden (what a surprise - NOT) the stupid engine (not so stupid for the one that takes the advantage of it) sends nearly five dozen unbeatable Tojos with the bombers exactly the day I´ve moved in fighters to LRCAP the target.

You really have to wonder if I´m the only one to notice those things. [>:] Believe me, Rainer surely hasn´t suddenly decided to set 57 Tojos on escort instead of the 9-17 usually were going out. It´s one of those strange behaviours of the engine, but that´s not an AE feature, that´s ever been there in WITP alread. The result? The result is a no brainer, I was already sure about it before the first aircraft was shot down...

all our fighters being above the enemy, we got the dive, which at least meant we weren´t shredded by the Tojos, but to my amusement, the dive didn´t last longer than 30 sec at best and then you can imagine what happens when you meet the Japanese Corsair of WWII. Would the Tojo in real life have been wha it is in the game, boy, that could really have meant trouble for the Allied. For the loss of two Tojos, they take down 16 of my fighters. Only a 8:1, who´s the one who always talkes about Hurricanes being equal to Tojos (or even better? lol). The usual story, all my pilots are skill 70, I don´t use anything else on the front line. But that doesn´t help you flying a crappy fighter that is 50 mph slower than the enemy or the enemy being five times more maneuverable when thinking about the US fighters. It was a slaughter of course and the only thing that made it being equal in air losses today was the fact that my fighters got a post air attack phase when they shot down a dozen bombers. Pre bombing run, not one of the figthers made it through the Tojos.

I would trade the 30 Corsairs I get immedietely for the 130 Tojos the Japanese produce per month. I couls also offer the useless, outdated Hurricanes as a bonus... the Brits won´t get any better fighter until late 43 so they will keep on flying their outdated aircrafts...

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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...


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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 41


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

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



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 40

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes

and some Tojos in the air again...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 10


No Japanese losses

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



Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 119 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 3rd Naval Construction Battalion, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Naval Construction Battalion, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 7
B-26 Marauder x 14


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

The game is far ahead of the AAR at the moment, trying to catch up in the next couple of days...


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 43
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ASW attack near Christmas Island at 175,141

Japanese Ships
SS I-171

Allied Ships
AM Daring
xAK Moses Rogers
xAK Edwin M. Stanton
AM Direct
AM Dash



SS I-171 is sighted by escort
AM Direct fails to find sub and abandons search
AM Dash fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dash fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dash fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dash fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dash fails to find sub, continues to search...
AM Dash fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

a small convoy moving past Christmas Island stumbles over an enemy sub... no idea if the sub is operating in this area or is on transit... we usually don´t have shipping at all in this area...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 13
SC Ch 15
SC Ch 14

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback is located by SC Ch 13
Finback diving deep ....
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 14 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Ontong Java at 114,131

Japanese Ships
PB Nako Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS S-23



SS S-23 is sighted by escort
S-23 diving deep ....
PB Nako Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Nako Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
SS S-23 eludes ASW attack from PB Nako Maru #2
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nako Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Hobart at 82,181

Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
SC-704
PC Kimball
SC-706



SS I-15 is located by SC-704
I-15 diving deep ....
PC Kimball fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub and abandons search
PC Kimball fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Kimball fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Kimball fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Kimball fails to find sub, continues to search...
PC Kimball fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

got two ASW TFs operating against that sub but they fail to achieve something... the Glen equipped sub spots our TFs in this area daily... it´s just amazing that a Glen launchend from a sub not having any patrol archs for sure spots shipping in this area in 9 out of 10 cases but land based patrols given search archs are by far not as effective when huge convoys are coming their ways... this, together with the fact that my land based patrols continuesly spot shipping OUTSIDE of their archs lead me to the suspicion that they don´t work at all or not as you would expect them to work... as others already mentioned, I´m thinking about ignoring search archs completely... perhaps this would also reduce my op losses during the most dangerous mission on Earth called "nav search"...

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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-39
SC CHa-38

Allied Ships
SS Shad



Captain of SS Shad elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

moved all my fighters out, I don´t want them to meet Japanese Corsairs on sweep...

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 38,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 31



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
31 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

Rabaul´s empty again...

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Morning Air attack on 38th Field AA Battalion, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 36000 feet *



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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 11000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 30000 feet

funny how "coordinated" the sweep from two hexes range is coming in... ridicoulos... while I sure can live with how bomber strikes usually turn out in terms of coordination, the fact that sweeps seem to have a special rule for coordination is just funny...

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 8



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet



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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet

yeah, fighters can´t fly together... never read that in your books?

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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 39
B-26 Marauder x 38
P-40K Warhawk x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 10 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 10 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 2nd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Naval Construction Battalion ...
Also attacking 2nd Naval Construction Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 12th Division, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 49 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 10
B-26 Marauder x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 38th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 38th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th Field AA Battalion ...
Also attacking 12th Division ...
Also attacking 38th JNAF AF Unit ...
Also attacking 38th Field AA Battalion ...


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Morning Air attack on 3rd Naval Construction Battalion, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 2nd Naval Construction Battalion, at 99,126 (Lae)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

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



Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 5


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

looks like my single squadron doesn´t fly together either...

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Morning Air attack on Prome , at 55,50

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-44-IIa Tojo sweeping at 11000 feet



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Sub attack near Hobart at 82,181

Japanese Ships
SS I-15, hits 2

Allied Ships
SC-704
PC Kimball
SC-706



Captain of SS I-15 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PC Kimball fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-706 is out of ASW ammo
SC-706 is out of ASW ammo
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

subchasers make up for good escorts but due to the low number of DCs they´re pretty useless for dedicated ASW forces...

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback is located by DD Hatakaze
Finback diving deep ....
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hatakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59

Japanese Ships
xAK Kinryu Maru
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Trigger



SS Trigger is sighted by escort
Trigger diving deep ....
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 109,113

Japanese Ships
AMc Seki Maru #3
AMc Tomozono Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Gurnard



Captain of SS Gurnard elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Gurnard diving deep ....
AMc Tomozono Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tomozono Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tomozono Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tomozono Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tomozono Maru #3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Lae (99,126)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20878 troops, 407 guns, 600 vehicles, Assault Value = 716

Defending force 14146 troops, 159 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 362

Allied adjusted assault: 1068

Japanese adjusted defense: 322

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lae !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: HQ(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2711 casualties reported
Squads: 105 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 195 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 66 (66 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (35 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7


Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
Americal Infantry Division
40th Infantry Division
I US Amphib Corps

Defending units:
89th Naval Guard Unit
12th Division
19th Nav Gd /1
38th Field AA Battalion
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
2nd Naval Construction Battalion
38th JNAF AF Unit


we finally capture Lae and the enemy is forced to retreat to Finshhaven before he could march there... the enemy took quite some losses and as soon as the rest of our combat engineers arrives at Lae we´re going to pursuit the enemy to destroy them... we took Buna and the bases around Lae by overland assault... took some time but worked...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 43
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ASW attack near Truk at 110,110

Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #5

Allied Ships
SS Narwhal



SS Narwhal is sighted by escort
Narwhal diving deep ....
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Sonan Maru #5 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shuko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Narwhal eludes PB Shuko Maru #5 by diving deep
SS Narwhal eludes ASW attack from PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shuko Maru #5 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Narwhal eludes PB Shuko Maru #5 by diving deep
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 loses contact with SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 cannot reach attack position over SS Narwhal
PB Shuko Maru #5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Truk at 111,110

Japanese Ships
AMc Tomozono Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AMc Seki Maru #3
AMc Tama Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Saury



SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at AMc Tomozono Maru #3
Saury diving deep ....
AMc Tama Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tama Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tama Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tama Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
AMc Tama Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the coastal minesweepers move back to Truk...

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Sub attack near Nago at 96,62

Japanese Ships
xAKL Taiyo Maru
PB Seikai Maru

Allied Ships
SS Shad



SS Shad launches 6 torpedoes at xAKL Taiyo Maru
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Seikai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

another day when my squadron isn´t flying together in one sweep...[8|] looks like a new bad habit...

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Morning Air attack on 106th RAF Base Force, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 30
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 32
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 7
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 16 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 3rd Carabiniers Regiment ...
Also attacking 50th Tank Brigade ...
Also attacking 16th Light Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 106th RAF Base Force ...
Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ...
Also attacking 19th Indian Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 20th Indian Division, at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 15



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 3 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...
Also attacking 20th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 44th Cavalry Regiment ...

these attacks just do nothing...

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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 14
B-26 Marauder x 36
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 7 damaged

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



Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 12


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Gasmata , at 103,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 50


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

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



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 41

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 22000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes

no fighters yesterday but some of them today... seems impossible to keep the level 6 airfield at Rabaul closed...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 10
F4F-3P Wildcat x 1


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


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

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



we lose the first Corsair to ops today...

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 29


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
24 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
5 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

the second squadron comes in as a whole and also picked up the remnants of the first squadron...

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Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Zyunyo Maru
xAK Yamabuki Maru
xAK Ryuyo Maru
xAK Hokko Maru
SC CHa-11

Allied Ships
SS Pollack



SS Pollack launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Zyunyo Maru
Pollack diving deep ....
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 attacking submerged sub ....
SS Pollack eludes SC CHa-11 by diving deep
SC CHa-11 cannot reach attack position over SS Pollack
SS Pollack eludes ASW attack from SC CHa-11
SC CHa-11 cannot establish contact with SS Pollack
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Bad luck Chris, I seem to remember someone being on the wrong end of a CV battle like that near Darwin in our WITP game[;)]

But seriously, I have never seem a 500 a/c strike go in one go from the KB in my game, maybe two 250 a/c strikes but never an uber strike like that, just bad dice rolls I guess.

Re scenario 2 and pilot training, to be honest I do not think it makes any difference on Jap pilot quality. I currently have thousands of trainee pilots sitting in the pools doing nothing, and at the beginning of each month I am being hit with a 100,000 HI cost for the privilage. Maybe you get a few extra training sqds to put them in over scen 1, but thats about it.

However, as you stated it keeps the Jap player competitive longer into the game....so maybe not such a bad thing after all........

ORIGINAL: Miller

Bad luck Chris, I seem to remember someone being on the wrong end of a CV battle like that near Darwin in our WITP game[;)]

But seriously, I have never seem a 500 a/c strike go in one go from the KB in my game, maybe two 250 a/c strikes but never an uber strike like that, just bad dice rolls I guess.

Re scenario 2 and pilot training, to be honest I do not think it makes any difference on Jap pilot quality. I currently have thousands of trainee pilots sitting in the pools doing nothing, and at the beginning of each month I am being hit with a 100,000 HI cost for the privilage. Maybe you get a few extra training sqds to put them in over scen 1, but thats about it.

However, as you stated it keeps the Jap player competitive longer into the game....so maybe not such a bad thing after all........

Hi Paul

Yeah, good ol WITP days... [:D] But Darwin was different as I lured your carrier ac into a Cap trap while here it was a one on one of carrier aircraft with everything else being a clear advantage of the Allied forces. Unfortunetely I got my head handed and other than the usual "bad die roll" comment I can´t think of what really went wrong. Of course the "never go with the IJN one on one" comment is also true.

I doubt that Rainer will run out of aircraft or pilots before very late in the war when there´s nothing left of Japan anyway so I expect his airforce to be top notch and competitive until I really get hundreds of first line fighters when I don´t have to care about my fighters going in in bits and pieces. Rainer told me it wasn´t much of a problem to replace the 300 KB aircraft and pilots after he lost them at Sydney and that was kind of a shock as it´s definetely a problem for me to replace any of my aircraft (not just SBDs for example). And I´m saying this after having been in the lead by a thousand ac shot down for over halve a year already. With Rainer keeping his assets behind the frontline until he gets a chance to hit me hard I expect this game to stay interesting until well into 44. For the near future, I´m quite handicapped of course with only having three USN CVs that are backed up by two CVEs and a British CV soon, but the British CV is nothing but an armored CVL.

ORIGINAL: Miller
Re scenario 2 and pilot training, to be honest I do not think it makes any difference on Jap pilot quality. I currently have thousands of trainee pilots sitting in the pools doing nothing, and at the beginning of each month I am being hit with a 100,000 HI cost for the privilage. Maybe you get a few extra training sqds to put them in over scen 1, but thats about it.

Sorry Castor Troy for off topic here... [;)] Miller, 100 000 HI points? [X(]
I also play second scen. PBEM, but pay about 30 - 40 000 HIPs a month...
I previously thought it is paid for those idle in the reserve pool and tried to transfer as many as possible to operating units, but it seems the x5 points is paid for those in quarters (months... 8 quarters, id est. 4 for Army pilots and 4 for Navy of about 800 pilots in each = 32 000 HIPs).
Maybe take some elite pilots out of TRACOM to prevent accelerating the trainees?

ORIGINAL: castor troy

I doubt that Rainer will run out of aircraft or pilots before very late in the war when there´s nothing left of Japan anyway so I expect his airforce to be top notch and competitive until I really get hundreds of first line fighters when I don´t have to care about my fighters going in in bits and pieces. Rainer told me it wasn´t much of a problem to replace the 300 KB aircraft and pilots after he lost them at Sydney

True.
As a JFB I actually wish to have less pilots in reserve pools!
Now in December '42, with more than 3000 pilots within the immediate reach od reserve pool, I do not afraid of losing even 500 pilots a month. With some squadrons set as trainers your opponent will definetely not complain about the skills, only the overall experience of those pilots might drop some.
Better prepare for a long war... [;)]

well, if the next carrier engagement goes the same way the last one did, then the war will last until the end of the 50s...[:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 43
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 90,62

Japanese Ships
PB Konei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback



SS Finback is sighted by escort
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Konei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Hengchun at 85,68

Japanese Ships
TK Kaizyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1
SC Ch 8
TK Toa Maru
TK Hoyo Maru
PB Spey Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tunny



SS Tunny launches 4 torpedoes at TK Kaizyo Maru
Tunny diving deep ....
PB Spey Maru attacking submerged sub ....
PB Spey Maru cannot reach attack position over SS Tunny
PB Spey Maru loses contact with SS Tunny
SS Tunny eludes ASW attack from PB Spey Maru
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

not even heavy damage and too close to major ports, that ship won´t sink... [:(]

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ASW attack near Port Kembla at 90,170

Japanese Ships
SS I-38, hits 6

Allied Ships
DD Woodworth
AO Trinity
AO Kanawha
AO Cuyama
AO Patoka
APD Colhoun
TK Gulfland
TK Gertrude Kellogg
TK William Sunoco
DD Allen
DD Hull
DD Dunlap



SS I-38 is sighted by escort
DD Allen fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dunlap fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hull attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hull is out of ASW ammo
DD Hull is out of ASW ammo
DD Hull is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

empty tanker convoy on it´s way to pick up fuel for the fleet... it´s insane, I´ve been hauling fuel around with all my tankers since day one, haven´t suffered any severe tanker losses and am NOT feeding Australia´s industry with fuel and yet I´m still running dry... I can´t keep my fleet supplied in Australia, don´t know what to do, have even started using those big xAKs with fuel capacity to move fuel from Cape Town months ago but that also doesn´t help a lot... I´ve thought that one year into the war and using all my available tankers would give me something like 500.000+ fuel for my fleet in Australia but one again I´ve thought wrong...

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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71

Japanese Ships
PB Spey Maru
SC Ch 8

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 6 torpedoes at PB Spey Maru
Drum diving deep ....
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71

Japanese Ships
TK Hoyo Maru
SC Ch 8
PB Spey Maru

Allied Ships
SS Drum



SS Drum launches 6 torpedoes at TK Hoyo Maru
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Spey Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the first attack on a tanker today only damaged the ship, this one failed completely due to duds...

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Morning Air attack on Talasea , at 103,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
15 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

here we go with a Corsair sweep... note that the Corsair is able to fly something like 50 ft higher than the Tojo, this will be enough to have the dive in our sweeps... funny...

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Morning Air attack on Namatanai , at 107,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25


No Japanese losses

No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

only damaged Tojos here...

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Morning Air attack on Kavieng , at 106,122

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000
Raid is overhead

three sweeps today to pick off leaking Cap from Rabaul... after my naval bombardment nuke I´ve thought it wouldn´t be a problem to keep Rabaul suppressed but as soon as the airfield gets some percentage repaired the enemy moves in fighters... obviously never really mattered that the base must have had 100% damage, the Tojos must get repaired with thin air...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Raid is overhead

sent our two Lightning squadrons from Burma to China to sweep Hanoi and we see the usual outcome in terms of coordination... stupid...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes

as long as we´re only engaging meager, leaking Cap it doesn´t matter if the squadrons fly as a whole or not...

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Morning Air attack on AHQ Bengal , at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 41,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

the enemy also tries to catch some leaking Cap...

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Morning Air attack on Talasea , at 103,125

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 40,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8



Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 22000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes

not even the 18 Corsairs can fly together... 16 in the first sweep, 2 in the second... as usual... stupid...

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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 31

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

hopefully we´re going to suppress Munda from now on, didn´t work in the past... suppressing enemy airfields proves far harder than I´ve thought, I would need twice the number of 4Es to suppress all the targets I would like to... and then they would have to fly non stop...

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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15
B-24D Liberator x 26


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Munda , at 111,134

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

here´s the rest of one squadron... stupid...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

here´s the rest of the other squadron... stupid... believe the godlike developer, that´s how it was done in real life... and no, that´s not an exception if you would think that´s happening by accident, that´s the norm... stupid...

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Morning Air attack on AHQ Bengal , at 56,53

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 40,750 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar sweeping at 36750 feet

ah, here comes the rest of the Oscars... zzz... stupid...


in the end, while only trying to engage leaking Cap all the time, we take down a dozen Tojos for only one Lightning lost... but Tojo production is high enough, as is the pilot replacement, so I doubt that is hurting the Japanese at all... I don´t want to imagine what it would mean to lose a dozen Lightnings in a single day...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 43
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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 105,68

Japanese Ships
PB Ryuto Maru

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes at PB Ryuto Maru
PB Ryuto Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryuto Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryuto Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryuto Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Ryuto Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Hobart at 82,181

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
PC Kimball
SC-706



Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PC Kimball fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the usual sub parked outside of Hobart...

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Sub attack near Truk at 109,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Kiyozumi Maru
PB Shosei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pompano



SS Pompano launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kiyozumi Maru
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shosei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Talasea , at 103,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 37,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 16


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
16 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

after losing 12 Tojos yesterday, the fighters were moved out again... I´m sure it won´t take long and they´ll be back...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 45,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 19


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

ordered both P-38 squadrons to sweep the same target, the outcome is the usual one... can´t one of the responsible open his eyes please and change this BS? No sane man here on the forum can actually think that´s working how it should when he read the usual books we all have... PM being a level 9 airfield isn´t able to launch two fighter squadrons at the same time to fly to the same target? Seriously, this just stinks...

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 9
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 22 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged


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


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Talasea , at 103,125

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet

or this BS? One squadron, 16 ac going in first, then the 2 rest? Mega stinks and is just stupid... it wasn´t the norm to screw things up in real life, but the air routine (altitude issue and coordination stupidity) is totally screwed up in the game... a pity, considering the potential... [:@]

and I have yet to see a detailed AAR that proves me wrong in terms of the altitude issue and the coordination issue... wonder why... it´s probably me ignoring those AARs where it works...


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M3 Zero x 14



Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 26


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
CM Itsukushima, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
CM Tsugaru, Bomb hits 15, and is sunk



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Mitchell II bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(14 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 36250
Raid is overhead
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead

highlight of the day... PBYs have spotted shipping at Wewak and our Mitchells sortied on a nav strike from the newly built up airfields around Lae... first I was pretty much shocked to see 14 Zeroes backed up by 4 Rufes as the Mitchells aren´t that hard to down, but I noticed that they nearly performed like 4Es today, mostly driving off the enemy fighters and they had no real problem breaking through Cap to attack the two big IJN mine layers... don´t know if that´s a minelaying or supply mission, if I had to guess, I would say it´s a supply mission (can they carry supply?)... both ships were easily sunk during excellent weather and we only lose one Mitchell over the target with another one written off... one crew was lost over the target and a Zero was claimed shot down by our gunners... a nice attack...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M3 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort VIII: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 36250 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 161 minutes

following the Mitchells, the Australian Beauforts launch from the same staging area but other than some fighters on Cap they couldn´t spot anything, the two ships were already sunk... losing precious Beaufort torp bombers with trained crews hurts...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 2



Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort VIII: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Beaufort VIII launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo

CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 14
B-24D Liberator x 52


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 26
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 102

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

the enemy moved out his fighters and the bombers hit Rabaul hard... at the end of the series of attacks, I expect the base and runway being near 100% damaged but I bet it will only be a couple of days to see Tojos flying above the base again...

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 22

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 15


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 13


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
3 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

the rest of the two squadron usually flies together... how stupid is that? answer: totally stupid...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wewak at 96,119

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1



Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
801 Ku S-1 with A6M2-N Rufe (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes

still in the morning phase, some remaining Mitchells come in to attack the already sunk IJN minelayers...

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Sub attack near Cooktown at 93,137

Japanese Ships
SS I-25, hits 31, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Decoy
DD Electra
DD Dewey



SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Decoy
DD Electra attacking submerged sub ....
DD Decoy attacking submerged sub ....
DD Electra attacking submerged sub ....
DD Electra is out of ASW ammo
DD Electra is out of ASW ammo
DD Electra is out of ASW ammo
SS I-25 forced to surface!
DD Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Decoy firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dewey firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Decoy firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dewey firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Decoy firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dewey firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dewey firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Decoy firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dewey firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Electra firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

nice one, the sub attacked first but missed and the British once again made short process of one of the buggers...

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Sub attack near Buna at 100,129

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61

Allied Ships
LCT-63, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage



LCT-63 is sighted by SS RO-61
SS RO-61 attacking LCT-63 on the surface

we´re employing a good dozen LCTs to carry supplies between Milne Bay and Lae and one of the landing crafts is sunk by gunfire from an IJN sub... the LCTs can carry 150 supplies each, makes them excellently suited for frontline supply missions, unfortunetely the number of LCTs is very limited at the moment and those other landing craft that mostly carry troops are useless for this task...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 43
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ASW attack near Hakodate at 118,52

Japanese Ships
PB Choko Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise is sighted by escort
Porpoise diving deep ....
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Choko Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near San Clemente Island at 225,80

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
YP-95



SS I-7 is located by YP-95
I-7 diving deep ....
Escort abandons search for sub



those boats don´t work on ASW... they never do anything...

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Submarine attack near Rossel Island at 105,145

Japanese Ships
SS I-21

Allied Ships
xAK Wulin, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage



xAK Wulin is sighted by SS I-21
SS I-21 attacking on the surface

losing a lone freighter that stumbles over an enemy sub in an area I usually never have any ships... guess the sub also only was transiting this area...

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Sub attack near San Clemente Island at 225,80

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
YP-116, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage



SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at YP-116
Escort abandons search for sub

that´s the only thing those YP are useful for, absorbing enemy torp salvoes...

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Sub attack near Shikuka at 126,45

Japanese Ships
xAK Tosei Maru
xAK Hokkai Maru
xAK Momoyama Maru
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Snook



SS Snook launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Tosei Maru
Snook diving deep ....
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

our subs aren´t succesful at the moment...

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ASW attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze
xAK Mogamigawa Maru
xAK Kenyo Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor



SS Tambor launches 6 torpedoes at DD Matsukaze
Tambor diving deep ....
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Matsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

especially when attacking enemy escorts... either duds or misses... what´s the reason for my hit rate dropping from nearly 95% to something like 50% since 1/43??????

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Morning Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 42,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
18 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *

wow, the whole squadron flew together?

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1



Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 20


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
20 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
16 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
47th I.F.Chutai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 49
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 22
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 15 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
28 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
B-17E Fortress x 30


No Allied losses



Resources hits 15

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Liberator II bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Hanoi´s resources are knocked out... nearly nothing left of the 20 resource centers... I´m already thinking about employing guerilla tactics with the 50 heavy bombers in Burma, moving them to China to bomb important Japanese resource or HI sites to force the enemy to employ more fighters for defensive task in China, but it also could result in a big style IJA offensive in China and that´s not really what I want to see... our supplies are building up now in China due to the liberation of Burma and I´ve started building forts again, so I guess the first strategic bombing run out of China is only a matter of time...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 31
B-24D Liberator x 48
P-38G Lightning x 46


Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 136

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

back to back attack on Rabaul, both the base and the runway has to be 100% damaged...

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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


No Allied losses




Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Hanoi , at 68,56

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2
P-38F Lightning x 3


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet
2 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

and here´s the usual rest of the two squadrons on sweep... pff... what a fart...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, 43
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Submarine attack near Lae at 99,127

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61

Allied Ships
LCT-133



LCT-133 is sighted by SS RO-61
SS RO-61 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT

do subs try to fire torps at landing crafts?

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Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Norway Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Hokkai Maru
xAK Sekiho Maru
PB Tokihime Maru

Allied Ships
SS Steelhead



SS Steelhead launches 6 torpedoes at xAK Norway Maru
Steelhead diving deep ....
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tokihime Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Norway Maru is a big freighter, doubt the ship will sink...

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Submarine attack near San Luis Obispo at 220,76

Japanese Ships
SS I-20, hits 10, and is sunk

Allied Ships
PC Morris
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
PC Crawford



SS I-20 is sighted by escort
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-20 forced to surface!
KV Dawson firing on surfaced sub ....
KV Chilliwack firing on surfaced sub ....
PC Crawford firing on surfaced sub ....
KV Dawson firing on surfaced sub ....
KV Chilliwack firing on surfaced sub ....
PC Crawford firing on surfaced sub ....
KV Dawson firing on surfaced sub ....
KV Chilliwack firing on surfaced sub ....
PC Crawford firing on surfaced sub ....
KV Chilliwack firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

that´s one of two ASW TFs near the West Coast that actually is able to attack enemy subs...

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Submarine attack near Lae at 99,127

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61

Allied Ships
LCT-133



LCT-133 is sighted by SS RO-61
SS RO-61 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT

again?

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62

Japanese Ships
DD Tatsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Pogy



SS Pogy launches 6 torpedoes at DD Tatsukaze
Pogy diving deep ....
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tatsukaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the usual miss or dud, in that case, a miss...

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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 102,63

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-38
SC CHa-39

Allied Ships
SS Grunion



Captain of SS Grunion elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Grunion diving deep ....
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-39 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Portland Roads at 93,131

Japanese Ships
SS I-176

Allied Ships
DD Porter
DD Clark
DD Balch
DD Selfridge



SS I-176 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Porter
DD Clark fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Porter fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Clark fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Selfridge fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

the IJN subs always had and still have a hit rate on our destroyers of about 5% I guess...

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Submarine attack near Buna at 100,129

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61

Allied Ships
LCT-135



LCT-135 is sighted by SS RO-61
SS RO-61 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy LCT


and for the third time...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 01, 43

February 43, one of those important months... we now get 48 USAAF B-24 and 30 USAAF B-25 a month...

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ASW attack near Hobart at 83,180

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
SC-702
PC Kimball
SC-706



SS I-10 is located by SC-702
PC Kimball fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

IJN subs near Hobart aren´t afraid of the poorly performing ASW TF operating there... wonder why the subs haven´t whiped out the ASW TF yet...

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Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 100,63

Japanese Ships
PB Daibu Maru
SC Ch 24
PB Hitora Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon



SS Sturgeon launches 4 torpedoes at PB Daibu Maru
PB Daibu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Hitora Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Tawau at 69,91

Japanese Ships
TK Ryuei Maru
SC CHa-17

Allied Ships
SS Pike



SS Pike is sighted by escort
Pike diving deep ....
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-17 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 70,91

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-17, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
TK Ryuei Maru
SC CHa-5

Allied Ships
SS Seal



SS Seal launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-17
Seal diving deep ....
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC CHa-5 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

instead of hitting one of the precious tankers, we sink a cheap subchaser...

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 30
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 23
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 20 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
B-17E Fortress x 39


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

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged

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



Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 143

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Liberator II bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

wow, what a damage inflicted by only 54 bombers... knocking out Hanoi´s and Haiphong´s airfield would mean the remaining resource sites at Haiphong can´t be defended... but it doesn´t look like Rainer wants to defend them anyway... he keeps some 150 fighters at Moulmein though...

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Morning Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 27
F4U-1 Corsair x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed




Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 60

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet
16 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
13 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 36800 feet *

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

I don´t know how it can be screwed up enough to get these results but my sweeping Corsairs came in with the bombers, nice, they do far better than being on escort and of course were diving on the enemy until nothing of the Zeroes was left... also employing B-17F to lay mines now, should make it hard for the enemy to send ships to bases in medium range to the frontline... two squadrons of B-17F won´t lay that many mines but I´m sure it triggers some reaction from the enemy... [:D]

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Morning Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Overcast

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

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11
P-38G Lightning x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Raid is overhead

the Lightnings unfortunetely were set to "escort" and being on escort and not having the altitude advantage means bad news for our fighters, even if they only face Zeroes which usually got no chance against our advanced fighters...

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Morning Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 18
P-38G Lightning x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed


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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17F Fortress laying Mk 13 Mine from 10000 feet
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 90 minutes[&:]

don´t know how this matches the 13NM the raid was spotted and the 4 min pre warning time...

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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9


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


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



Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 14


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Wewak , at 96,119

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 9


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 20

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Sub attack near Hobart at 82,181

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
SC-702
PC Kimball
SC-706



Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
PC Kimball fails to find sub and abandons search
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-706 cannot reach attack position over SS I-10
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC-706 attacking submerged sub ....
SC-706 cannot establish contact with SS I-10
SC-706 loses contact with SS I-10
SC-706 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub




losing two Corsairs and two Lightnings in one day means three times more losses than replacements... not something you want to see as the Allied when you personally know every single advanced fighter you´ve got in your frontline squadrons... it´s 2/43 and in total I´ve got four Ligthning squadrons - one is totally understrenght - and one Corsair squadron... and that´s it in terms of competitive land based fighter squadrons... those have to face probably 500 Tojos on the map, so it´s not really surprising that I never try to attack bases directly with my airforce...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 02, 43
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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,89

Japanese Ships
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Stingray



SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at PB Shintohoku Maru
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Ishikari Maru
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Ishikari Maru
Porpoise bottoming out ....
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 13
B-24D Liberator x 17


No Allied losses

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



Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 48


Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 76

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
14 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Shortlands can be suppressed as it seems there aren´t that many enemy engineers there and Rainer doesn´t seem to really care about defending that place (there are 20.000+ reported troops there though)...

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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 16


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15


No Allied losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged


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


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 20
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 22
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 16
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged


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


Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 30

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
16 x Ki-48-IIa Lily bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

bombing Rangoon is something I don´t care, just like it doesn´t matter if any other of my bases in this area is bombed...

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 [X(]

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6



Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Morris
DD Walke



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

now that´s somethig I do care about... I was shocked to see Betties launching from Munda again, recon still reports the base being heavily damaged... I somehow screwed up the Cap setting at Milne, there wasn´t a single fighter (out of 100+) in the air to meet the unescorted bombers... thank god the agile destroyers managed to evade the torps... there´s also a modern US CL in that TF... am planning to either make Port Moresby (port level 5) or Milne Bay (port level 6) as my primary fleet base in this area... with the Solomons and Rabaul still being in Japanese hands, I tend to pick Port Moresby as that base is just far easier to defend and it also got a level 9 airfield...

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Sub attack near Tawau at 69,91

Japanese Ships
TK Sanraku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pike



SS Pike launches 4 torpedoes at TK Sanraku Maru
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shintohoku Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

that one is sunk for sure...
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Sub attack near Wakkanai at 123,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Senko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PB Yamabato Maru

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise



SS Porpoise launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Senko Maru
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Yamabato Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

and another success...


op loss report, today four HudsonIII on nav search crashed... wow, I would prefer to fly a B-24 in combat against heavy enemy fighter resistance over flying a bomber/patrol on nav search that isn´t engaged...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 03, 43
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Sub attack near Tanegashima at 105,68

Japanese Ships
TK Hakko Maru
E Omae

Allied Ships
SS Growler



SS Growler launches 6 torpedoes at TK Hakko Maru
Growler diving deep ....
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Omae fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

we engaged quite a lot of tankers lately, would be cool to actually sink them...

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ASW attack near Portland Roads at 92,133

Japanese Ships
SS I-176, hits 1

Allied Ships
DD Farragut
DD Decoy



SS I-176 is sighted by escort
DD Decoy fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Decoy attacking submerged sub ....
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
DD Decoy fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Decoy fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Decoy attacking submerged sub ....
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
DD Decoy is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub

Decoy dropped all depth charges for one near miss... must have been a nice submerged party...

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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 14
B-17E Fortress x 20


No Allied losses



Resources hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

heavy rain saves the resource center for now... plan is to knock it out completely...

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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 7


No Allied losses



Resources hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses



Resources hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8


No Allied losses



Resources hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 22


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet *

first the bombers from the base further away go in, followed by the closer sweeps... and the sweeps work like they always do... two squadrons... blah blah blah...

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Afternoon Air attack on Haiphong , at 68,57

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 14


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet