June 28, 1943
Under the I can not defend everything rule, a day like today happens
Submarine attack near Boela at 80,110
Japanese Ships
SS I-169
Allied Ships
xAKL Corregidor, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Corregidor is sighted by SS I-169
SS I-169 launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Corregidor
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Submarine attack near Boela at 80,110
Japanese Ships
SS I-169
Allied Ships
xAKL Bust, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Bust is sighted by SS I-169
SS I-169 attacking on the surface
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Submarine attack near Boela at 80,110
Japanese Ships
SS I-169
Allied Ships
xAP Idomeneus, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Idomeneus is sighted by SS I-169
SS I-169 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Idomeneus
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Submarine attack near Boela at 80,110
Japanese Ships
SS I-169
Allied Ships
xAP Diomed
xAP Diomed is sighted by SS I-169
SS I-169 launches 2 torpedoes at xAP Diomed
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Boela does not have an airfield yet.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Boela at 80,110
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 22
D4Y4 Judy x 8
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
xAP Idomeneus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D4Y4 Judy bombing from 16000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Idomeneus
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I ended up losing 3 ships on the day, 2 small xAKLs deilevering supply
to Boela and a Dominion Troop transport finishing up with a delivery of the
30th Australian Brigade
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He sent G3M2 Nells on night naval attack missions at my TFs unloading at Mataram
Night Air attack on TF, near Mataram at 59,109
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 13
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 6 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
AKA Virgo
AKA Alcyon
LST-477
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Night Air attack on TF, near Mataram at 59,109
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 5 damaged
Allied Ships
xAP Kaiping
AKA Thuban
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
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Night Air attack on TF, near Mataram at 59,109
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
xAP Chaumont
xAP Malaita
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
No hits, but I will put up a squadron up on night CAP over the area
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Makassar hit again. Some more airfield damage and some good hits on troops
Showing 12 Tojos destroyed on the ground
Morning Air attack on 5th Amphibious Brigade, at 65,106 (Makassar)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 46
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
226 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
16 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 48th Naval Guard Unit ...
Also attacking 5th Amphibious Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 5th Amphibious Brigade, at 65,106 (Makassar)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12
Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Bombings will continue at Makassar
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Troops unloading at Mataram
Interesting and some context
Mataram is the hex in the Yellow box. It is destined to be the jump of
base for conquest of Java. Notice the results of a recon of Tjilatjap.
Mataram has a port SPS of 1 and an airfield SPS of 5. So it can be a size
4 port and a size 8 airfield. I am not sure where I will land, but if he
continues to not man Tjilatjap it could move to the top of the list.
I am going to recon Soerabaja today and see what is there, I will
also recon Banjoewangi at the most SE hex of Java.
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