Morning Air attack on Provisionl Tank Brigade, at 54,59 , near Tavoy
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 34,276 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K2-J George x 27
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 30
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 6 destroyed
No Allied losses
I'm flying LRCAP from Moulmien while his sweeps come from his uber-base at Bangkok.
Morning Air attack on Provisionl Tank Brigade, at 54,59 , near Tavoy
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 33,514 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 36
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 27
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 35
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 6 destroyed
No Allied losses
P-47s, P-38s, and Spitfires VIIIs all have max altitude advantage with new data. They have greater speed to make things even worse for Japan.
Morning Air attack on IV Indian Corps, at 54,59 , near Tavoy
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 34,514 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 48
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 25
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 35
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84a Frank: 7 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 31514 feet
I'm at 36k or 37k, so I get the bounce.
Morning Air attack on Dobo , at 83,116
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 12
Allied aircraft
P-38J Lightning x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 4 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet
CAP engaged:
S-306 Hikotai with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 12 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 32000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
Even in eastern DEI, my P-38s can sweep in over the LRCAP of Jacks.
Part of me loves these results and I can show other turns with similar results. However, I've played Japan and would be discouraged if this happened to my fighter force day after day.
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