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miller and me started our PBEM (scenario 16, he plays the japs) few days ago and are now in the middle of august 1942.

GG, buna and the solomon area are under japanese control.

PM is still under allied control and the battle has not reached its peak. i lost the CV wasp in a early carrier battle and in return, the zuikaku and shokaku are damaged and should be in dry dock now.

miller lost 4 CA in the last turn after a surface battle at PM and the obligatory air attacks from there at daylight. beside that, we both lost some CL, DD and AP/AK.

at the air, miller dominates at the moment..his zeros from lae shot down 19 planes in the last turn. the air group of one other badly damaged carrier is at PM now to reinforce the defence there. the carrier is on its way to PH and unfortunary, it will not come back soon.

it is 09/01/1942 now and here is a quick update:

miller has GG, buna, and the solomon islands (including irau).

PM is still under allied control.

---VP:

-japanese: 5734.

-allied: 2233.

---ship loses:

-japanese: 5 CA, 1 CL, 8 DD, 3 APD, 14 AP.

-allied: 26 ships (1 CV, few CA and DD and AP.

---AC loses:

-japanese: 506 (119 ZERO, 87 VAL, 86 BETTY, 78 KATE, 57 NELL...).

-allied: 632.

update:

miller started a full scale attack on PM while i try to keep PM supplied.

in the last turn, his carrier and land based planes attacked PM from the south (KB) and north (lae). a massive air battle was going on above PM with the following loses:

intense action in the last turn with some action like at midway. japanese carriers concentrated at PM while mitchers carriers came from the south and surprised them with well rested pilots.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/03/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sub attack near Woodlark Island at 22,39

Japanese Ships
DD Matsukaze

Allied Ships
SS Drum


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Aoba
CA Furutaka
CL Nagara, Shell hits 5
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 6
CL Natori, Shell hits 6, on fire
CL Kinu, Shell hits 2
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Kuma, Shell hits 2
CL Tama
CL Kiso, Shell hits 2
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
CL Achillies, Shell hits 3
CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 4
CL St. Louis
DD Monssen, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 1
DD Henley, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD McCall, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Drayton, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Perkins, Shell hits 2
DD Smith
DD Tucker


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Aoba, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2
CL Nagara, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 5
CL Natori, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kinu
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Kuma
CL Tama, Shell hits 1
CL Kiso
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, on fire
CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
CL Achillies, Shell hits 4
CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL St. Louis
DD Monssen, on fire
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Henley, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD McCall, on fire
DD Drayton, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Conyngham, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Perkins
DD Smith
DD Tucker, Shell hits 1, on fire


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Aoba, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Nagara, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 6
CL Natori, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kinu
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 4, on fire
CL Kuma
CL Tama, Shell hits 1
CL Kiso, Shell hits 3
DD Makigumo
DD Makinami, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Indianapolis, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
CL Achillies, Shell hits 1
CLAA San Juan, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL St. Louis
DD Monssen, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ralph Talbot, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Henley, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD McCall, on fire
DD Drayton, on fire
DD Conyngham, on fire, heavy damage
DD Perkins
DD Smith
DD Tucker, on fire


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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma

Allied Ships
SS S-47


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Air attack on TF at 14,43


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 13


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Nagara, on fire, heavy damage


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Air attack on TF at 15,44


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 10
Beaufort x 6


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 2 damaged
Beaufort x 1 destroyed
Beaufort x 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x Beaufort at 200 feet
2 x Beaufort at 200 feet

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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
D3A Val x 9
B5N Kate x 7
E13A1 Jake x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
Beaufighter VIC x 18
P-400 Airacobra x 8
P-40E Kittyhawk x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 4 destroyed
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
B5N Kate x 1 destroyed
E13A1 Jake x 7 destroyed
E13A1 Jake x 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged
Beaufighter VIC x 1 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 1 damaged

LCDR L. Doner of VF-2 is credited with kill number 3

LT R.Ikeda of Chiyoda-1 Chutai is KILLED

Allied Ships
DD Stockton, heavy damage


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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
D3A Val x 7
B5N Kate x 9
G3M Nell x 5
G4M1 Betty x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11
Beaufighter VIC x 6
P-400 Airacobra x 8
P-40E Kittyhawk x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged
D3A Val x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 6 damaged
B5N Kate x 1 destroyed
G3M Nell x 2 destroyed
G3M Nell x 3 damaged
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged
Beaufighter VIC x 1 destroyed
Beaufighter VIC x 1 damaged
P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 3 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 damaged
P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 1 damaged

PO1 T. Takatsuka of F1/Tainan Daitai is credited with kill number 6

SLDR U.Greenwell of No. 75 Sqn RAAF bails out and is RESCUED

Allied Ships
DD Perkins
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL St. Louis
DD Henley, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
1 x G3M Nell at 200 feet
2 x G3M Nell at 200 feet

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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
D3A Val x 17
B5N Kate x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 7
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
D3A Val x 2 destroyed
D3A Val x 11 damaged
B5N Kate x 3 destroyed
B5N Kate x 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 1 damaged

CPT R. Mchale of 8th FS is credited with kill number 3

LCDR L. Doner of VF-2 is KILLED

Allied Ships
DD Sterett, Bomb hits 1
DD Monaghan, Bomb hits 2
DD Woodworth, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


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Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 25

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 16
B-24D Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 damaged


Japanese Ships
AP Kyushu Maru
AP Atlantic Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
APD 31
AP Nankai Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APD 38
AP Nagara Maru

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 15000 feet

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Air attack on TF at 14,45

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 12
A6M2 Zero x 35

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
SBD Dauntless x 51
TBF Avenger x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 3 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 7 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 35 damaged
TBF Avenger x 8 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 10 damaged

ENS T. Provost of VF-6 is credited with kill number 2

Japanese Ships
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CVL Zuiho, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage


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Air attack on TF at 14,45

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 10
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
SBD Dauntless x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 6 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CS Nisshin, Bomb hits 1


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Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 21,28


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet

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Air attack on TF at 14,43


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
Beaufighter VIC x 4
Beaufort x 4


no losses

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
4 x Beaufort at 200 feet

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Air attack on TF at 11,42


Allied aircraft
Beaufort x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 8


Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort x 1 destroyed
Beaufort x 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, on fire, heavy damage

Attacking Level Bombers:
2 x Beaufort at 200 feet

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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
Beaufighter VIC x 16
P-400 Airacobra x 8
P-40E Kittyhawk x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC x 1 destroyed
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 2 damaged


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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
A6M3 Zero x 6
G4M1 Betty x 6

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8
Beaufighter VIC x 15
P-400 Airacobra x 8
P-40E Kittyhawk x 5
P-40E Warhawk x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed
Beaufighter VIC x 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 1 destroyed

CPO N.Kamisaka of F2/1st Daitai is credited with kill number 4

Allied Ships
AP Calvert
AP John Penn

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet

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Air attack on TF at 11,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
D3A Val x 9
B5N Kate x 17
E13A1 Jake x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 31
Wirraway x 2
P-400 Airacobra x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
D3A Val x 1 destroyed
B5N Kate x 2 destroyed
B5N Kate x 10 damaged
E13A1 Jake x 4 destroyed
E13A1 Jake x 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2 damaged
Wirraway x 2 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 4 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged

LTJG B.Kasai of DI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4

Allied Ships
CV Enterprise
DD Worden, Bomb hits 2, on fire


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Air attack on TF at 11,52

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 11

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 30
Wirraway x 2
P-400 Airacobra x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val x 3 destroyed


LTJG D. Rehm of VF-8 is credited with kill number 5


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over PM, the allied had to take a hard hit today. in a fierce air battle against a overwhelming japanese strike force, SLDR U.Greenwell of No. 75 Sqn RAAF was shot down and unable to bail out...after he shot down 11 japanese planes (4 at the last day of his life).

he and his courage will be missed in the comming battles.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/16/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on Lae , at 9,33

Japanese aircraft

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 45
B-24D Liberator x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 2 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
H8K Emily x 1 destroyed
H8K Emily x 1 damaged


Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 281
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 63

Attacking Level Bombers:
4 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
4 x B-24D Liberator at 15000 feet
3 x B-24D Liberator at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 15000 feet

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Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
B-25D Mitchell x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D Mitchell x 3 damaged

Port hits 2

Attacking Level Bombers:
6 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
3 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
9 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
7 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
3 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet

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Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 146
A6M3 Zero x 46
G4M1 Betty x 21

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
P-40E Kittyhawk x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 15 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero x 4 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 12 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 23 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 7 damaged

SLDR U.Greenwell of No. 75 Sqn RAAF is credited with kill number 11

SLDR U.Greenwell of No. 75 Sqn RAAF is KILLED

Allied Ships
DD Smith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hughes
CLAA San Diego, Torpedo hits 1
AP Calvert

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
3 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet
2 x G4M1 Betty at 200 feet

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Air attack on TF at 10,34


Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 18


no losses

Japanese Ships
AG 362, Shell hits 8
AG 359
AG 2049, Shell hits 4
AG 358, Shell hits 20, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AG 2054, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 80


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at least, the japanese paid a high price today over PM.

I am certainly in a hole in this game. After I failed to take PM on a shoestring my opponent has turned it into a fortress. The first CV battle was a draw, I sank Wasp and damaged Saratoga but my "Big two" are out of action for a long time. The next clash was a decisive victory for bigbaba as he sank Junyo and Zuiho without any loss. He also sank two BBs on a bombardment mission who did not follow orders and ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

My surface ships have performed poorly this game, I think he has won every night battle so far......not sure what my options are now. Do I try and take PM, knowing it will be very costly, go for an autovictory somewhere.....or dig in? Decisions, decisions.....

i would not say that i won every night battle in the game so far.

but the advantage of the allied is, that all battles happen at PM. so when a allied ship is damaged, it can be disbanded into the port, repair its flooding damage and fires and move back to brisbaine/nouma. actualy, i have a lot of CA and DD under repair. the japanese on the other side, have to retreat after the night battle with reduced speed what makes them excellent targets for the PM bomber groups.

i would say that we had a draw when it comes into the direct results of the night battle.

edit:

just looked up my ports..11 DD and 7 CA/CL are under repair now with 20+ system damage. most of them would be lost if they were not able to do emergency repairs at PM.

now that hurts..last turn, i sent over 56 B-17 and B-24 to lae to say gooood morning...and they were intercepted by 140 crazy japanese zero pilots. the result is: 17 B-17 and 2 B-24 will never come back to theis homebase.

Is this match over, what happened?

sorry, i forgot totaly this AAR.=)

we went until the end of november 1942. the situation was this:

miller had captured efate and the base north of luganville (forgot the name) while i was holding luganville. ship loses
for the japanese were damnd high. he had lost the entire KB, several BB/CA and a lot of DD/AP...i had lost 2 carriers out of 4 and unfortunary, the other 2 were in PH because of very high syystem damage. also, my 2 BB were in nouma with nearly 30 system damage. miller had also managed to destroy nearly 120 2E and 4E bombers as he took efate.

i looked at the situation and was sure, that i can not prevent a japanese AV. all i had were some CA as capital ships while he still had several BB and with my bomber groups decimated at efate, i had no chance to bomb his bases around luganville into "stone age". with my 2 BBs and 2 of my CV damaged, i simply had no offensive power remaining to take back the 2 bases. thats why i gave miller a GG saw the game as a japanese victory.