The rant goes on... PBEM QUIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/06/43

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Sub attack at 25,62

Japanese Ships
AK Nitiren Maru
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Whale

Whale missed a big AK of the convoy West of Borneo which was attacked by subs several times already...

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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 55
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 13th AA Regiment, at 34,28


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 63
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

attack on the retreating AA unit...

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90 [:D]


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 35


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Fumishima Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
AK Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Sinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Houn Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
AK Hikosan Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

I´m sure Hortlund won´t like the hit rate of my 80+ exp Liberators! [8D] Guess most of the supply for Thursday Island was completely destroyed.

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Fumishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 4
B-17E Fortress x 33


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1
CL Naka
BB Nagato
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 1, on fire <---- 2000lb GP bomb hit!!! [X(]

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

while it isn´t a problem to hit slow transports with a load of 500lb bombs, it´s harder to hit the agile IJN warships! A CA was hit by a 2000lb bomb though! [X(] I have no idea if it wasn´t FOW though as the CA wasn´t heavily burning after the hit and it doesn´t show up as heavily damaged either. A 2000lb bomb should cause serious damage to a cruiser, shouldn´t it?

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Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,90


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 30


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Houn Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
AK Saiko Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

attack on the BB/CA TF in the afternoon failed to locate the target but 30 B-17s finish off the still floating merchants. Today we saw 4 big AKs (one near Borneo from a torp hit and 3 at Thursday Island from air attacks) and 1 small AK sinking.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/07/43

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Sub attack at 27,66

Japanese Ships
DD Asanagi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS Sawfish

Hortlund operates this ASW group in the Borneo area and when I look at the last couple of weeks, it really seems that our subs are getting effective again. Hit on a precious DD with a MK14 torp (DDs must be very precious for the IJN already) [:D]

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 4
B-26B Marauder x 134

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 34

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 163
Liberator VI x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 12 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

what a result... have got 400 bombers in India available and they will work on closing down all airfields in Burma. Perhaps this forces our enemy to relocate some fighters to Burma again (not massing them all on Timor and New Guinea).
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Day Air attack on 5th Mortar Battalion, at 34,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 119
Kittyhawk I x 13
Beaufighter VIC x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/08/43

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Sub attack at 27,66

Japanese Ships
AK Syohei Maru
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

Scamp´s torps failed to detonate...

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
AK Singapore Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW W.21

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

we really take a toll on this TF... [:D]

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 45
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 69

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 85

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 13 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 49 destroyed

what can I say... [8|] I´m using 50 exp pilots, the enemy has 80 exp pilots available...



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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 62
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/09/43

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TF 39 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34)

Japanese Ships
ML Kurokami, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
ML Kuroshima, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

[:D][:D][:D] two small MLs were sunk by sub laid mines! One hit a VH2, the other one a MK10!

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
DD Susuzuki
PC Sado
PC Oki

Allied Ships
SS Tunny

Tunny missed the DD...

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Sub attack at 30,66

Japanese Ships
PC Oki, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Sado
DD Susuzuki

Allied Ships
SS Scamp

but Scamp finishes Oki off! [:D] another high ASW value PC sunk... the phase when my subs were completely useless really seems to be gone...

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Sub attack near Toboali at 22,57

Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Kusuyama Maru
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

a big AK going to Toboali to load ressources is hit! Surprisingly strong escort...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 48
TBF Avenger x 22
Wellington III x 55
PV-1 Ventura x 24


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 66
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 63
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80 [8|]

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 38

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23
Swordfish x 37
T.IVa x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 17 destroyed
Swordfish: 12 destroyed, 13 damaged
T.IVa: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Oboro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Uranami
DD Kiyonami
DD Kasumi

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

yesterday Hortlund sent out his BB TF from Lautern to go into position North of Darwin so I sent in my torp bombers with some escorts. Well, the escorts lost 17:2 [8|] (guess the Zeroes shot down 14 Wildcats for no loss...) and then??? F*CK YOU! My torp bombers launched against the ASW TF that follows the fat, high value BB TF that was spotted 10 times today! [8|] Excellent chose of target. My torp bombers could have achieved something against the slow, old IJN BBs but the game decides it would be better to send them against the agile DDs. Called it luck for the enemy or whatever, but it sucks...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 12
A6M3a Zero x 7
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 17

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 5 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 28 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kiyonami
DD Natsugumo
DD Uranami
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Oboro, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

then an unescorted strike from Darwin. As usual, unescorted bomber attacks are better than escorted ones... [8|] All 45 attacking Mitchells miss...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 25
A6M3a Zero x 15
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 36

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 28
P-40E Warhawk x 61
B-25C Mitchell x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed, 6 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 23 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 11 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 26 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Bomb hits 3, on fire
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1
DD Hayate

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

but hey, another strike from Darwin, this time with a big escort and the Warhawk FG did quite a good job. But of course now the bombers attack the bomb prove BBs...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
A6M3a Zero x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 22
P-40E Warhawk x 25
B-25C Mitchell x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 4 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 17 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

mini bomber strike in the afternoon...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80 [:@][:@][:@]

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 19
A6M3a Zero x 10
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 12

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 2
Swordfish x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Swordfish: 4 destroyed, 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Arare
DD Uranami
DD Kasumi

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Swordfish launching torpedoes at 200 feet

what the hell! Is this game really that bad? Like in the morning, the torp bombers AGAIN attack the DDs... [&:]

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,80

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 9
A6M3a Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 46

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 2 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Kiyonami
DD Arare
DD Kasumi
DD Uranami, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

small number of bombers, BIG number of escorts! Big number of bombers, SMALL number of escorts... guess someone should take a look at the routine that puts up the airstrikes...

We lose 80+ aircraft today but took down 40+ enemy fighters. We achieve two bomb hits on DDs and a torp hit on a DD. The bombs on the BBs just bounced off. Hortlund told me he only lost 5 pilots but I don´t believe him. 5 out of 40+ shot down?? [8|] I guess we will see a bombardment of Darwin tomorrow, but I haven´t evacuated it. There are 12 PTs, 2 DDs and a lot of subs on the way to Darwin. We have 400 aircraft at Darwin and the remaining torp bombers at Tenimbar are still on nav attack.

Hortlund called it a total Japanese victory again, but I´m (once again) of different oppinion.


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Sub attack at 56,95

Japanese Ships
AK Taki Maru
DD Naganami
CL Agano

Allied Ships
SS Pompano, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Pompano missed the big AK and then receives two real hits and is in sinking condition with 84 flt...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/10/43

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Sub attack near Toboali at 22,57

Japanese Ships
AK Kenryu Maru, Shell hits 4

Allied Ships
SS Sealion, hits 1

unescorted AK at Toboali is attacked on the surface. The only torp salvo missed and the AK is hit by 3x40mm and a 4 inch shell... Hit on the sub is FOW...

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TF 72 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87)

Japanese Ships
AP Josho Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D]

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Argonaut´s MK10 mines hit an AP... I only have 3 sub mine layers but they are really doing a great job. Reason for that is that Hortlund doesn´t care at all about the sub laid mines. He just does nothing against spotted minefields. Unbelievable but that´s how it is. And that´s the reason he has lost several ships to sub laid mines and had BBs and just recently CV Kaga hit a sub laid mines. When I think about my IJN game against Swift, my opponent uses all his Allied subs to lay mines, but has achieved nearly nothing as I pay attention to all spotted subs and MSWs are on the whole map to clear sub laid mines immediately.

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3
B-26B Marauder x 143

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 38

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 150
Liberator VI x 23


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

What a hit rate... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 60
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

No Japanese losses

no BB bombardment of Darwin (the BBs are back at Lautern) but Hortlund tries to take out Tenimbar.

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20
Ki-49 Helen x 112
Ki-46-III Dinah x 5
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

3 base forces there, not a single Helen is lost today... [8|]

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 22
G4M1 Betty x 269 [X(]
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 15 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 destroyed
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
23 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 16000 feet

no idea how this works, but only 1 Betty is lost today (ops). So out of 400 attacking bombers 1!!! was lost. I lost 15 twice as durable bombers over Burma and Thursday Island today...

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 236

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 23 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 87

Aircraft Attacking:
44 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

6 Mitchells lost...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 45
TBF Avenger x 31
Wellington III x 59
PV-1 Ventura x 20


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
140 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 34,77


Allied aircraft
Beaufort I x 10


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Oboro

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufort I bombing at 15000 feet

flew the Beaforts in but they only drop bombs from the level 2 airfield...

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Day Air attack on TF at 34,77


Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 9
Kittyhawk I x 46
T.IVa x 3


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 2 damaged
T.IVa: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Uranami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x T.IVa launching torpedoes at 200 feet

Tenimbar was nearly empty, that´s why I took just a few aircraft lost on the ground. Our torp bombers attacked the retiring DDs and Uranami was confirmed sunk. Another DD sunk, but as I have been told before, Hortlund doesn´t need his DDs. [:D] 70+ IJN DDs lost so far...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/11/43

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Sub attack at 37,59

Japanese Ships
AP Nikki Maru
AP Tatsuta Maru
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

Gunnel´s torps fail to detonate after hitting the big AP...

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Sub attack at 37,59

Japanese Ships
AP Teizui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Tatsutake Maru
DD Urakaze

Allied Ships
SS Gunnel

but Gunnel attacks another big AP hitting it with a MK14.

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Day Air attack on Myitkyina , at 36,28

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25J Mitchell x 3
B-26B Marauder x 130

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 91

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet

will take a month to close down all airfields in Nothern Burma, except Akyab as there are too many engineers.

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Day Air attack on Tenimbar , at 36,81

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 9
Ki-46-III Dinah x 3
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
Kittyhawk I x 37

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49 Helen: 6 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk I: 3 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Ki-49 Helen bombing at 16000 feet

guess Hortlund will state that it is BS that 49 of my fighters took down 6 of the attacking 9 bombers. 3 dropped bombs... looks like he forgot to stand down this chutai

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 209

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 26 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 74

Aircraft Attacking:
50 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

if I just could figure out why we never really hit the defending AA and base force units... this way flak will never get less effective...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
TBF Avenger x 31
Wellington III x 59
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 16000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 63
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 56
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 23


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack near Muntok at 21,55

Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

another AK is history... [:D]

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/12/43

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TF 95 encounters mine field at Andaman Island (23,34)

Japanese Ships
MSW Hinode Maru #18
MSW Banshu Maru #8

after losing two MLs at Andaman to sub laid mines, Hortlund sent two MSWs from Rangoon... too late though! [8D]

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ASW attack at 47,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Helm
DD Henley
DD Patterson
DD Jarvis
DD Gridley

spotted this sub yesterday so I´ve sent out 5 ASW TFs in every hex around Brisbane. First TF missed the sub completely...
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Sub attack near Palembang at 20,55

Japanese Ships
AK Hakonesan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Searaven

but we finish off a big AK that was already hit yesterday... glug glug

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Sub attack at 47,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Frazier
DD Welles
DD Barton
DD McCalla
DD Saufley
DD Radford

then I-6 attacks one of my hunter groups but missed. All DDs fail to locate the sub... would like to sink the bugger as it carries a Glen...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
TBF Avenger x 31
Wellington III x 57
PV-1 Ventura x 23


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

soon SBDs will start attacking the LCUs but I guess flak is still too strong for attacks at 2000ft...

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 61
P-40E Warhawk x 20


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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ASW attack at 47,114

Japanese Ships
SS I-6

Allied Ships
DD Frazier
DD Welles
DD Barton
DD McCalla
DD Saufley
DD Radford

we get a third chance to attack this sub today but again all DDs fail to locate the sub...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/13/43

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 56,94

Japanese Ships
PG Kozan Maru, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
AK Madras Maru, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Samarang Maru, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1
DD Grayson
DD Morris

we use our surface raider group from Cairns to attack shipping at Gili Gili. The PG and the AK are sunk, the other one is heavily damaged from a MK10 mine hit... [:D]

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TF 20 encounters mine field at Lae (54,87)

Japanese Ships
MSW Chitose Maru
MSW Choyo Maru #2
PG Hirotama Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

then a minesweeping TF goes in to Lae but the included PG hits another sub laid MK10! [:D] It´s real fun! The PG could be in real trouble.

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 90

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 6 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
19 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 152
Liberator VI x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
Liberator VI: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

why my mostly 85+ exp Wellingtons and Libs achieve such lousy hit rates is a mistery for me... [&:]

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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 [:D]

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 41
B-24D Liberator x 109

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 8 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 8 destroyed
L2D2 Tabby: 4 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe: 2 destroyed
H8K Emily: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 19 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
476 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 83

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet

there are still a lot of aircraft at Lae but most fighters are on Cap over Gili Gili (100+ in ther air) and PM (80 in the air). We recon Thursday, Gili Gili, PM and Lae every day and today 150 4Es flew an agressive recon mission! [:D] No biggy but the Japanese lost 54 aircraft on the whole map today. 4 4Es are lost to various cases. We have to find a way to force our opponent to spread his Cap. Bases with 100 fighters on Cap and dozens of AA units are impossible to attack.

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 40
TBF Avenger x 30
Wellington III x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 21


Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 5 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 32
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 30,83

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Chatanooga City, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

impossible to sneak even single ships to Darwin... perhaps I should use Hortlund´s tactic of picket ships! Send one AK one hex off Derby and Cap it with 200 fighters then! Take down 50% of the 30 attacking bombers with 200 fighters and hear the crying about using a picket ship and how crippled the Japanese are when the Allied still have so mighty fighters - that lose 5-15:1 against Japanese fighters... [:D][:D][:D]

[ny59giants]

Send out your PBYs and LB from Brisbane at 1000' naval search. This should increase the detection level on his sub and if their experience level is high enough even get a hit. Then your hunter/killer groups should be able to go in for the kill.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Send out your PBYs and LB from Brisbane at 1000' naval search. This should increase the detection level on his sub and if their experience level is high enough even get a hit. Then your hunter/killer groups should be able to go in for the kill.

the sub was spotted a couple of times already that´s why I sent out the DDs.

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/14/43

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TF 24 encounters mine field at Gili Gili (56,94)

Japanese Ships
AK Samarang Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
PG Kozan Maru, on fire, heavy damage

another Mk10 finds a victim at Gili Gili, probably a lot supplies lost! [:D] AP Josho Maru that hit a mine at Lae a couple of days ago was reported sunk a couple of hexes East of Lae. Another example that Hortlund doesn´t care about his ships as he could have disbanded the medium AP at Lae (even though it´s just a level 3 port it would have been worth a try).

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Sub attack at 56,86

Japanese Ships
AP Hikawa Maru
DD Makigumo

Allied Ships
SS Pompon

torps missed...

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TF 96 encounters mine field at Rabaul (61,88)

Japanese Ships
MSW Tamozono Maru #2
MSW Sonobe Maru

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Day Air attack on Thursday Island , at 49,90

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 183

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 22 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 145

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

excellent hit rate but we lost 7 bombers today! [:(] 6 to flak, 1 to ops...

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 40
TBF Avenger x 27
Wellington III x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 17


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 44
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

[castor troy]

quiet everywhere. Rather boring but I can´t take on the Japanese strongholds with hundreds of fighters and dozens of AA units in one base yet. Have to build up the pool of P-38s and Corsairs first, no sense in sending in 48 60exp Corsairs against 200 80 exp Japanese fighters on Timor.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/15/43

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 42
SBD Dauntless x 64
TBF Avenger x 23
Wellington III x 27
PV-1 Ventura x 15


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 12 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 2 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 76
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

we´re taking enough losses anyway. Again 7 aircraft lost today...

[castor troy]

Everything changes and so also the time when my subs were completely useless due to 80% of the torps missing and 50% of the rest failing to detonate... [8D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/16/43

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Sub attack at 62,74

Japanese Ships
AP Chihaya Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Choko Maru #2
PG Choan Maru #2

Allied Ships
SS Lapon

Lapon going to Brisbane from a transit mine laying mission from the West Coast to Saipan hits a medium AP a couple of hexes North of Truk...

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Sub attack at 23,57

Japanese Ships
AK Kohuku Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

Scoripion hits a big AK one hex East of Toboali, probably loaded with 5500 tons of resources as this is the TF that went to Toboali a couple of days ago! [:D]

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 43


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 79


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 39

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 150
Liberator VI x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 42

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Liberator VI bombing at 16000 feet

The IJAAF is nowhere around and we´re bombing empty bases with less effect, just to ramp up our losses to flak and ops... there´s no reason Hortlund should oppose these attacks...[8|]

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 38
SBD Dauntless x 44
TBF Avenger x 24
Wellington III x 18
PV-1 Ventura x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 10 damaged
TBF Avenger: 1 damaged
Wellington III: 1 damaged
PV-1 Ventura: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
83 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 42
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 23,57

Japanese Ships
AK Arimasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

Scoripion scores a second time today! Another resource loaden big AK is hit!

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Sub attack at 23,57

Japanese Ships
AK Kensyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Kitahuku Maru
PC Ch 12
PG Busho Maru
MSW Tama Maru
MSW Wa 3
DD Kisaragi

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

and again it´s Scorpion that hits a big AK! [&o][&o][&o] Scorpion hits three big AKs today and retires without torps for her forward tubes to Darwin. Probably 2 of those AKs are lost, how Hortlund cared about his ships in the past I would guess all three will be lost. 3 big AKs lost with 16500 tons of resources! Excellent turn...

[anarchyintheuk]

What avenue do you think that you'll take when you start your offensive?

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

What avenue do you think that you'll take when you start your offensive?

First targets will be on Southern New Guinea, pretty sure the first invasion will go in at Thursday Island as this is a temperate hex and the only base in that region I can bomb with my Mitchells. Then PM, Gili Gili and in between perhaps Merauke if it isn´t strongly defended. I´m 99% sure that Hortlund knows that too. Should be 100% sure as I told him that I cancelled my PM invasion a couple of weeks ago as my TFs were hit by the movement bug off Cairns for 10 days and didn´t move a single hex while being spotted nearly every day. I told him that 3000 assault points were scheduled to go in at PM! [:D] Of course I´m not planning to throw in 10 divs on PM. I have 3000 av 100% prepped for Thursday, PM and Gili Gili together and I guess those numbers should be sufficient, while I get more and more divs and RCTs that I could use as reinforcements. I don´t know if he believed me but if so, then I´m sure PM will get a lot of reinforcements in the next weeks. I can also bypass it and only take Thursday and Gili Gili. The more troops he pumps into PM the less he will have for Thursday and Gili Gili or Timor and Northern New Guinea. We will see.

But Hortlund will surely have to strongly defend Timor too, as this could be the first target also, even though I would have to go around Australia with my TFs. The plan is now to make Hortlund think that we will attack Timor first as this is the direct way into the SRA. Then we have to wear down a lot of Japanese fighters over Timor and do a lot of bombing there to prepare (far later) landings and to draw away fighters from New Guinea and wear the enemy fighter daitais down. But with the previous engagements of enemy fighters this will be a really tough job as my pilots are just not up to the enemy aces with 80+ exp.

We have now some 60 Corsairs operational (exp between 55 and 65) and a dozen still repairing (a Corsair squadron repairs one or two aircraft a day, so it takes at least 12-15 days to repair a whole Marine squadron). I have 24 P-38 operational, another 72 plane FG is repairing, at 3 or 4 aircraft a day, means weeks until it´s operational. The key to airsuperiority over Timor will be the airfield of Tenimbar (North of Darwin) as this base is 5 hexes from Lautern (major base on Timor with 200+ enemy fighters in the air every day!!!!!). Tenimbar started out at airfield size 0(0) and I´ve been building it up since half a year with 300 eng and 50 eng vehicles but am only at 2 (63%). Building up a 0(0) af is nearly impossible, even for the Allied. Increasing 1% a day which means another month until we reach level 3. Then I can do sweeps with 150 fighters against Lautern. When Tenimbar will be ready I will have some 120 Corsairs ready, they will do the first major sweep. I guess after this first sweep, the Corsairs will be exhausted (probably 60 shot down and another 40 dam). Then they will be brought out and the next day we follow up with 150 Australian/Canadian Kittyhawks. Also on the second day (or on the third) we will launch 300 Mitchells with 100 P-38 as escorts from Darwin (6 hexes, normal range for the Mitchell, 6x500lb bombs each bomber). On day four I will either have airsuperiority over Eastern Timor or I will have to wait another month because my fighters were completely shot to pieces, not doing much damage to the enemy.

So the plan is to see 300 enemy fighters destroyed after day 3 and see major fighter reinforcements coming in from New Guinea afterwards. The most important thing will be to destroy as many Zero daitais as possible as those will be the ones escorting the Betties that will attack my invasion and carrier TFs. The Betties will break through my Cap but if there´s not enough cover from the Zeroes they will still take a high toll (and Hortlund won´t like that!! [:D] as he thinks they should be as imune and durable as my B-17s [;)]).

The problem now is that most of the fighters defending Timor are IJAAF Tojos and not Navy fighter squadrons, but I guess as soon as I have worn down the Tojos, there will be more and more Zeroes show up. So that´s the plan, but it still takes time and we´re already in 43, while we haven´t seen any major Allied invasions (only the disastrous landings on Dutch Harbour during the winter months, but those weren´t major invasions anyway). But I just have to wait, the longer the better. Last time I immediately used my P38s when one squadron was ready and it was shot down at 1:15 by 100 defending Zeroes. In 3/43 we will see P-47C going online, that will be 35 additional long range (6 hexes [:D]) fighters.

The only real strong weapon I have are the 200 high exp 4Es operating out of Australia´s East coast but one attack against a strongly defended base and 80% of them aren´t operational on day two.

[ny59giants]

Have you gotten the Boomerang IIs yet?? I'm on hold with my CHS 158c Nik Mod game and I've used them to replace the useless Wirraways. They have a nice range for possible teaming up with your P-47C. I have PDU on so I was able to upgrade the Wirraways to Beaufighter and after training them up to the low 70's, switch them over to the Boomerang's. [;)]
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The one thing about Nik Mod is the increased durability of the Corsairs is nice for survivability, but sucks as they cannot stay on CAP for extended periods before the squadrons start to approach 50% damage.

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Have you gotten the Boomerang IIs yet?? I'm on hold with my CHS 158c Nik Mod game and I've used them to replace the useless Wirraways. They have a nice range for possible teaming up with your P-47C. I have PDU on so I was able to upgrade the Wirraways to Beaufighter and after training them up to the low 70's, switch them over to the Boomerang's. [;)]

The one thing about Nik Mod is the increased durability of the Corsairs is nice for survivability, but sucks as they cannot stay on CAP for extended periods before the squadrons start to approach 50% damage.

I´ve got Boomerang IIs but they really suck and I don´t have any Wirraways on the map. They have been upgraded to Hurricanes - Spitfire - Kittyhawk a long time ago. The only advantage of the Boomerang vs the Kittyhawk is that it has one hex more range but when I look at how easily my Kittyhawks die then I won´t use any Boomerang II for the whole war.

[castor troy]

only "interesting" thing today was that Helens attacked two of my subs hitting one with a bomb...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/17/43

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Day Air attack on Lashio , at 35,30


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Kittyhawk I x 18
B-26B Marauder x 33


Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 16000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 76
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 38
Kittyhawk I x 14
Beaufighter VIC x 24


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet

[castor troy]

deja vu like nearly every day: two subs of mine were attacked by Helens, one was hit by a bomb...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/18/43

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Naval bombardment of Akyab, at 30,29 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

125 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Glasgow
CL Hobart, Shell hits 1
CL Perth, Shell hits 14
CL Achilles, Shell hits 11
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 12
CA Devonshire
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 9

Japanese ground losses:
187 casualties reported
Guns lost 4
Vehicles lost 1

why this single CD gun unit at Akyab is so super effective, no one knows... [8|] not a single hit on the airfield or port, this base has been reconned daily by dedicated recon aircraft for a year now...

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Sub attack at 39,45

Japanese Ships
AK Mito Maru

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack

South of Hong Kong, torps hit the big AK but fail to detonate...

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Sub attack at 28,66

Japanese Ships
MSW Wa 14, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Toroshima Maru
MSW Wa 10

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

This is the mighty Scorpion! After hitting three big AKs in one day she retired to Darwin and on her way she hits a small MSW with 3 torps out of a salvo of 4!! [&o]

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Day Air attack on 1st Reserve Tank Regiment, at 92,35


Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 23
SBD Dauntless x 47
TBF Avenger x 26
Wellington III x 15
PV-1 Ventura x 6
PB4Y Liberator x 3


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 18 damaged
TBF Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

not a good idea to do ground attacks as we see the old strange feature of flak being 5 times more effective when defending an LCU and not the base or port... 7 aircraft lost to flak today...

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Sub attack at 62,71

Japanese Ships
TK Ogurasan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
PG Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback

North of Truk we hit a fuel loaden 6000 ton TK! Fuel is burning, would be luck if the TK will make it. My Wolfpack in the area will try to shadow the TF, probably going directly to Truk...

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/19/43

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ASW attack at 30,70

Japanese Ships
PC Kunashiri
PC Hachijo
APD APD-39

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

Scorpion escapes...

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Sub attack at 43,45

Japanese Ships
AK Kenryu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish

Blackfish scores two torp hits but the big AK gets away not even damaged a couple of hexes South East of Hong Kong...

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 26
A6M3a Zero x 6

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 98
B-24D Liberator x 130

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed, 19 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-III Dinah: 2 destroyed
Ki-49 Helen: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 18 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 16 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 38 [X(]
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 154 [X(]

Aircraft Attacking:
43 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

this hit rate from 20.000 ft is absolutely amazing. 32 fighters aren´t enough to do real damage (3 bombers are lost today) but at the end of the day we have 25% of the bombers damaged. Some 20 aircraft of various types were torched at Gili Gili today...

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Day Air attack on 1st NLF , at 36,27


Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 77
P-40E Warhawk x 21


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Hurricane IIb bombing at 2000 feet
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Sub attack at 63,76

Japanese Ships
AK Katsukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
MSW Shonan Maru #7
MSW Atsu Maru
MSW Wa 7
MSW Wa 5

Allied Ships
SS Wahoo

Wahoo is part of the Wolpack that tried to engage the TK convoy off Truk but instead another big AK is hit... I take everything I get...

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Sub attack at 13,85

Japanese Ships
SS I-175, hits 4

Allied Ships
PG Kiwi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Tui
PG Moa
PG Warrego
PG Swan

9 hexes West of Broome has been a IJN sub sitting for a long time already so we sent out some PGs from Perth. The hunters get hunted and PG Kiwi sinks immediately. The rest scores one real hit and 3 near misses...