Jorge's(A) crusade to the fabled kingdom of PresterJohn(J) DBB-C --- Allied AAR

[Blind Sniper]

First: good job in Colombo!

Second: I'm going to play this scenario as Allied and your AAR is a good source of informations, I'm enjoying it [:)]

[Jorge_Stanbury]

ORIGINAL: Blind Sniper

First: good job in Colombo!

Second: I'm going to play this scenario as Allied and your AAR is a good source of informations, I'm enjoying it [:)]

Hello Blind Sniper, welcome!, I am glad you are enjoying this AAR

I am most certainly also enjoying this game. I am very happy I made the decision to start my first PBEM game.. this almost a year a go (September 2014). A game so long will have its ups and down, with long periods of "nothing is happening" followed by bursts of action. In general terms a great experience. I hope you find a good opponent for your Allied game, I think that is the key for having a fun game.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

The Allied tanks kept mopping the floor with their Japanese counterpart; and clearly handed a second defeat to the garrison at Vizagapatnam (2nd and 8th Tank regiments).
255th Armored brigade and 50th Tank regiment will keep pushing them all the way to Cuttack; 2E bombers will also start harassing the enemy tanks, now that they lost fort protection.


Ground combat at Vizagapatnam (42,37)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4388 troops, 23 guns, 396 vehicles, Assault Value = 295

Defending force 534 troops, 0 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Allied adjusted assault: 188

Japanese adjusted defense: 20

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Vizagapatnam !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 84 (74 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
255th Armoured Brigade
50th Tank Brigade

Defending units:
8th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment

[Jorge_Stanbury]

What else? ASW near Ceylon yielded at least one submarine sunk (confirmed).

I-123 was heavily depth charged a couple turns ago, then last turn it was attacked on the surface by multiple APDs, then somehow it managed to survive until this turn, when it got its coup de grace from APD Humpreys.


Next turn I expect some battles in India; I have very little clue on what will be the outcome as recon planes are in high demand...
It might take some days to get the turn as Prester John is on vacations...


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ASW attack near Koggala at 29,52

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
APD Humphreys

SS I-123 is sighted by escort
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

[jwolf]

Amazing that I-123 survived as long as it did!

[Jorge_Stanbury]

ORIGINAL: jwolf

Amazing that I-123 survived as long as it did!

I am also surprised it did survived a full day after surface combat.

Check the combat reports of August 19th (2 direct hits) and August 20th (14[X(] hits, mostly with 3 inch guns)
then sliped beneath the waves... to come back the day after.

I used to believe "slip beneath the waves" meant confirmed death... looks like it is not the case

Aug 19th
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ASW attack near Koggala at 28,50

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 5, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Buchanan
BB Prince of Wales
BB North Carolina
CA Quincy
CLAA San Juan
DD Stack
DD Lardner
DD Aaron Ward
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Norman
DD Nizam
DD Lang

SS I-123 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Buchanan
DD Isaac Sweers attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isaac Sweers cannot establish contact with SS I-123
DD Norman attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nizam attacking submerged sub ....
DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isaac Sweers attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isaac Sweers cannot reach attack position over SS I-123
DD Isaac Sweers is out of ASW ammo
DD Norman fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Nizam attacking submerged sub ....
DD Lang fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isaac Sweers attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isaac Sweers is out of ASW ammo
DD Isaac Sweers is out of ASW ammo
DD Isaac Sweers is out of ASW ammo
DD Nizam fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Isaac Sweers attacking submerged sub ....
DD Isaac Sweers is out of ASW ammo
DD Isaac Sweers is out of ASW ammo
DD Isaac Sweers fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Isaac Sweers fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Aug 20th
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ASW attack near Koggala at 28,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 14, heavy damage

Allied Ships
APD Paul Jones
APD Humphreys
APD Stringham

SS I-123 is located by APD Paul Jones
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Stringham firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Paul Jones firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Stringham firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Paul Jones firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Stringham firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Paul Jones firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Stringham firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Paul Jones firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Stringham firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Paul Jones firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Stringham firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Paul Jones firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Stringham firing on surfaced sub ....
APD Paul Jones firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

Aug 21st
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ASW attack near Koggala at 29,52

Japanese Ships
SS I-123, hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
APD Humphreys

SS I-123 is sighted by escort
APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

[jwolf]

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

I used to believe "slip beneath the waves" meant confirmed death... looks like it is not the case

[X(][X(] The darn things are like vampires! Can't kill them dead!

[IdahoNYer]

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury


ASW attack near Koggala at 29,52 Japanese Ships SS I-123, hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships APD Humphreys SS I-123 is sighted by escort APD Humphreys firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves

Yep, that's a good kill - even better than good! Killing a sub minelayer is always special!

[Blind Sniper]

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

ORIGINAL: Blind Sniper

First: good job in Colombo!

Second: I'm going to play this scenario as Allied and your AAR is a good source of informations, I'm enjoying it [:)]

Hello Blind Sniper, welcome!, I am glad you are enjoying this AAR

I am most certainly also enjoying this game. I am very happy I made the decision to start my first PBEM game.. this almost a year a go (September 2014). A game so long will have its ups and down, with long periods of "nothing is happening" followed by bursts of action. In general terms a great experience. I hope you find a good opponent for your Allied game, I think that is the key for having a fun game.

True, soon I will start my game [:)]

[Jorge_Stanbury]

ORIGINAL: IdahoNYer

Yep, that's a good kill - even better than good! Killing a sub minelayer is always special!

Thanks for pointing this! I didn't realize it was a minelayer.. most likely the one responsible for APD Crosby's sinking

[Jorge_Stanbury]

This is the 1st economic chart I am posting; I don't know how good or bad is my economy looking benchmarked against other AARs, but I can say the economy is hardly a concern in my game

- India and Hawaii are healthy
- Australia, NZ and Fiji a bit on the low side on fuel, but not a big concern as things are still very quiet there
- New Caledonia is a concern, but I am fixing it in the next few turns simply by redirected some convoys to Noumea
- China: I have more supply in Tahiti than in China [:(] ........... nuff said

[Jorge_Stanbury]

And last chart of the night: Ship upgrades

I am really proud of my upgrade program; as of August 21 only 5 ships are overdue on refits:
- recent arrival DD Bailey, moving from Panama to San Diego
- DM Thracian, on escort mission near Ceylon will convert to DD as soon as it arrives its destination
- SS Perch is on patrol on DEI. The upgrade is minimal (2 XT torpedo tubes), so I will wait until it finishes its mission
- SS Pollack, damaged, should arrive to PH in the next 3 or 4 turns. Will repair and refit.
- xAK Steel Ranger severely damaged many months ago. It is being repaired (slowly) at Pago Pago. It will attempt to move to PH once system damage is zero.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Good bombing results... and the advance continues

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Afternoon Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 43,37 , near Vizagapatnam

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 12
Blenheim IV x 12
Wellington Ic x 10
A-29 Hudson x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Wellington Ic: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 45 (28 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Blenheim I bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
10 x Wellington Ic bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x A-29 Hudson bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 2nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 2nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 2nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 2nd Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 8th Tank Regiment ...


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Ground combat at 52,30 (near Ranchi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3588 troops, 18 guns, 416 vehicles, Assault Value = 275

Defending force 204 troops, 21 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 217

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 108 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 15 (3 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
44th Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

[jwolf]

Your bombers may be able to annihilate that Jap tank unit before they can reach their own lines. That would be sweet! [8D]

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Well...

Embarrasing day for the USAAF and RAF near Vizagaptnam; 20 Tojos IIa literally mopped the floor with the defending 21 P-40es and 7 Hurricanes IIc
Losses were 13 P-40s, 3 Hurricanes for only 1 Tojo... This means that unless I commit my scarce P-38s, I cannot expect very good results. The days of P-40E and P-39s at relatively parity with Japanese Oscars are gone now.
Next month I should start getting P-40Ks, hopefully they will perform better

4 Engine bombers will start night bombing, while most 2E will remain on ground bombing missions
EDIT: night bombing sucked big time... I tried two turns for poor results, then shifted to saturation daytime bombing with much better results (see next posts)

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Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 43,37 , near Vizagapatnam

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 21

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

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed

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

CAP engaged:
51st FG/16th FS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(21 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 21 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIc Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Sambalpur , at 48,34

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

No Japanese losses

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

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Almost forgot: Ankang attacked by a "Panzer" Army.. [:-]
forts gone for minimal Japanese losses

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Ground combat at Ankang (82,42)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13936 troops, 236 guns, 1009 vehicles, Assault Value = 736

Defending force 33226 troops, 111 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 792

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 331

Allied adjusted defense: 376

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
678 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 81 (2 destroyed, 79 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1107 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
5th Armored Car Co
1st Tank Division
9th Armored Car Co
2nd Tank Division

Defending units:
45th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
39th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army
33rd Group Army

[Jorge_Stanbury]

I think Jwolf's prediction that the 2 Japanese tank regiments at Vizagapatnam would be destroyed by air attack come true!

Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Regiment, at 44,37 , near Vizagapatnam

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 23
Hudson IIIa x 12
Wellington Ic x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 3
P-38E Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 2000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Hudson IIIa bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 2000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing from 2000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead



And yesterday's Allied attacks were not as succesfull as I anticipated, only one clear victory

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Ground combat at 48,33 (near Sambalpur)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 380 troops, 0 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

Defending force 174 troops, 18 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)

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

Assaulting units:
42nd Cavalry Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
57th Field AA Battalion


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Ground combat at 52,31 (near Ranchi)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3076 troops, 18 guns, 331 vehicles, Assault Value = 269

Defending force 150 troops, 18 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 195

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 195 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), disruption(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
Units pursuing 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
44th Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment


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Ground combat at 47,33 (near Sambalpur)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 420 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 45

Defending force 120 troops, 10 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1

Japanese adjusted defense: 2

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), disruption(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Patiala Lancers Regiment

Defending units:
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

[jwolf]

Some minor reverses, true, but overall this is looking pretty good. Presumably you'll run into far more serious resistance at the major bases such as Calcutta.

Congratulations to your bombers! [8D]

[Jorge_Stanbury]

I haven't yet decided if I will assault Calcutta; I might end bypassing it if he puts a strong defense... heavy urban has a defense mutiplier of 4

- The key highlight of August 26th turn was the successfull bombing of Cuttack by 4 engine bombers:
Allied losses: 2 P-38s
Japanese (FOW) losses: 21 Tojos IIa (9 air, 11 ground, 1 ops). Airfield damage at 53

- Also, cruiser CL Kashii was torpedoed last turn (1 hit, mark14) at Makassar strait.. but it didn't sink as I saw it again this turn

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Morning Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 15

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 25

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

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38E Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet *

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (4 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Raid is overhead

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Afternoon Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 11

Allied aircraft
A-29 Hudson x 2
B-17E Fortress x 21

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

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x A-29 Hudson bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 19
B-24D Liberator x 2

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

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

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 29

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
A-29 Hudson x 7
B-17E Fortress x 32
B-17F Fortress x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-15-II Babs: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x A-29 Hudson bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 9
B-24D Liberator x 13

No Japanese losses

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

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Cuttack , at 48,37

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 5

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[jwolf]

Nicely done! Glad to see those Tojos taking some hits! [:)] I would guess that whatever units he has in Cuttack are hopelessly exposed now, and all will leave (or already did) except for a sacrificial rear guard.

It's great to see an effective Allied counteroffensive at this time in the war.