Highlight of the day. I had hoped that he would disband some of his more valuable ships into port but sadly no. A PG and DM sank by the evening. Yes, 137 oscars lost is bad, but on the other hand they did their job well, my bombers got in almost intact and I also suffered very few losses to my zeroes. They aren't good for much else anyway.
Day Air attack on Derby , at 24,85
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 28
G4M1 Betty x 273
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 165
Ki-21 Sally x 234
Ki-49 Helen x 95
Allied aircraft
Wildcat V x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 47
Boomerang II x 16
Kittyhawk I x 17
P-40E Warhawk x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 23 destroyed, 56 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 135 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 17 destroyed, 12 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 5 destroyed, 16 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Wildcat V: 7 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 17 destroyed, 13 damaged
Boomerang II: 12 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 15 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 8 destroyed
P-40N Warhawk: 3 destroyed
PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed
Avenger I: 1 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell: 5 destroyed
Beaufighter Mk 21: 1 destroyed
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
AK Sculptor, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Potter, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PG Hollyhock, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Georgian, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Kumari, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW Arnidale, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Wisdom, Bomb hits 1
AK Empire Bunting, Bomb hits 1
MSW Cuttack, Bomb hits 1
AP Henry T. Allen, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DM Montgomery, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DM Pruitt, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Citizen, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Spray, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DM Tracy, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ML Weehawken, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DM Preble, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Strength, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Tamar, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Empire Boswell, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DM Gamble, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Forbes Hauptmann, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AK Empire Nile, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DM Sicard, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
412 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 75
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 5
On a second though i should have set my planes all on naval attack, but then the strikes would have come in separated most probably and then it would have been much worse..
if so it could be a very very understrength escort that walks into over 100 top line allied fighters alternatively my LR CAP could fail again and he has set it to 40% CAP and I lose another fleet......