FROM: RADM MATSUNAGA. 22ND AIR FLEET HQ. PALEMBANG. JAVA.
TO: VADM TSUKAHARA. 11ST AIR FLEET HQ. TAKAO.
SUBJECT: AIR SUPPERIORITY OVER JAVA ISLAND.
DATE: JAN 23RD 1942.
TODAY 22ND AIR FLOTILLA HAVE LAUNCHED SEVERAL AIR ATTACKS OVER BATAVIA AIRFIELD TO GET A COMPLETE AIR SUPPERIORITY OVER JAVA ISLAND.
WE CAN CONFIRM 2 HUDSON AND 9 139WH-2 DUTCH BOMBERS DESTROYED AT GROUND.
SEVERAL WAVES WERE LAUNCHED LIKE FOLLOWING:
1ST WAVE: 22 G3M2 ESCORTED BY 9 A6M2 BOMBING BATAVIA UNDER HEAVY CLOUDS REPORTING 19 RUNWAY HITS, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS AND 14 AIRBASE HITS. NO ENEMY CAP AND 1 G3M2 DOWN BY ENEMY FLAK.
2ND WAVE: 14 G3M2 UNESCORTED HAVE TAKE OFF AT AFTERNOON TO BATAVIA. UNDER LIGHT RAIN, WITH NO ENEMY CAP OUR PILOTS REPORTING 4 AIRBASE HITS, 1 AIRBASE SUPPLY HITS AND 16 RUNWAY HITS. ONE G3M2 DONW BY ENEMY FLAK.
3RD WAVE: 32 G4M1 ESCORTED BY 9 A6M2 LAUNCHED AN AIR STRIKE OVER BATAVIA UNDER A LIGHT RAIN REPORTING 7 AIBASE HITS AND 28 RUNWAY HITS. ONE G4M1 DONW BY ENEMY FLAK.
4TH WAVE: 20 G4M1 UNESCORTED BOMBED ENEMY AIR FACILITIES AT BATAVIA REPORTING 4 AIRBASE HITS AND 42 RUNWAY HITS.
106 SORTIES OVER BATAVIA TODAY, WITH 11 ENEMY AIRCRAFTS DESTROYED AT GROUND WITH 3 IJN BOMBER LOST BY ENEMY FLAK.
LONG LIVE TO EMPEROR.
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