Clark AFB falls...will finish cleaning up Luzon and then think about the rest of the Philippines.
Fighter production has caught up and replenished all frontline fighter squadrons, A6M3 squadrons are now at Truk and Bangkok. A6M8 should arrive in October sometime. Nicks are a game changer at defending against B17...7 beasts destroyed this day.
Ambon's forts are lessened to 2...should fall shortly. One 7 vp IJN xak sunk there.
2 Heavy volume of radio intercepts at Anchorage, Umnak Island is almost totally overbuilt..the Allies are building fast towards the Kuriles.
Dorniers still present a threat:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 64,97
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
Do-24K-2 x 2
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Kanko Maru, Torpedo hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Do-24K-2 launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 21in Mk VIII Torpedo
; Julia Child
