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June 13, 14, 15: Surprise visitors at Horn Island. First attack at Albany. Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); group = 25 fighter planes if American Subs: No hits, no runs, no errors this inning. CVs: Mine are headed back to Melbourne. Mini-KB is back at Perth. India/Burma: Shwebo area (base and 1 hex to west) - Up to 84 Tojos sweep or escort with 56 Oscars followed by over 100 Helens hit the AF and troops daily. Taung Gyi - My Chinese Corp and/or Indian Division to the east or two hexes east of this base is attacked by 27 Helens. China: Lanchow - Up to 40 Oscars with up to 130 Sally/Helen attack AF along with the troops daily. The Oscars are now assigned strafing missions. Australia: Horn Island - 13th - 22 P-38s sweep. 46 B-25s continue to hit the AF. 29 SBDs with escort of P-40 are able to sink 2 PBs & 2 xAKs. quote:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter Ic x 13 Barge busters!! Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter Ic: 1 damaged Japanese Ships LB-110, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk LB-112, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-111, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-107, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-105, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-106, Shell hits 9, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-103, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-108, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk LB-109, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Beaufighter Ic bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 14th - I wonder why there is so much LRCAP/CAP over the base today. quote:
Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 15 N1K1-J George x 8 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 76 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 18 P-40K Warhawk x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 9 destroyed Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb quote:
Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 9 N1K1-J George x 6 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 44 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb quote:
Morning Air attack on Horn Island , at 91,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 3 N1K1-J George x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 9 P-40K Warhawk x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Unryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead Amagi-1 with A6M5b Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Raid is overhead Katsuragi-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 286 Ku S-1 with N1K1-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers 13th Sentai Det with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes 9th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 30000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 2 planes vectored on to bombers 70th 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 30000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 1 planes vectored on to bombers Zeros from 3 Unryu Class CV are involved!!  quote:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 2 AK Seattle Maru BB Yamato Now it is becoming clear why the large CAP/LRCAP is present for most of the day. quote:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Yamato, Bomb hits 1 BB Nagato, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Nice to get the hits, but somebody had left his Beauforts on training NavT.  quote:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged Japanese Ships APD Yakaze AK Amagisan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage AK Seattle Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires AK Azuma Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Nick replies in the next turn that he brought the BB there because of an important reinforcement TF and they would not be hurt by 1000 lb bombs. Was this it?? quote:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 15 N1K1-J George x 5 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Allied aircraft Beaufighter Ic x 13 P-40K Warhawk x 11 SBD-3 Dauntless x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter Ic: 4 destroyed P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Yamato SC CHa-33 BB Mutsu The afternoon doesn't start that well. quote:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 91,128 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5b Zero x 9 N1K1-J George x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Allied aircraft P-40K Warhawk x 10 SBD-3 Dauntless x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 4 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships AK Canberra Maru DD Asashio AK Tacoma Maru DD Natsugumo More confirmation this was a big resupply effort or to bring in tanks. Kalgoorlie - 13th - 15 P-47s sweep. 33 PB4Ys hit the AF. 14th - 15 P-47s sweep & then 25 PB4Ys hit the AF. 21 Zeros escort in 25 Helens to hit 1st Marine Div (1 SW of base). 15th - The P-47s come in after the 33 PB4Ys. Albany - 13th - The attack below is one hex to NW of base. This attack is followed by another 27 Helens. quote:
Morning Air attack on 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment, at 51,152 , near Albany Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 2 A6M5 Zero x 11 A6M5b Zero x 16 N1K1-J George x 4 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 6 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20 Ki-49-IIb Helen x 37 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 90 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled 25 P-40s escort in 33 SBDs to hit the AF while 16 TBFs & 36 PV-1s hit the troops. 14th - 20 P-40s escort in 32 SBDs to hit AF while the 16 TBFs & 35 PV-1s hit the troops again. quote:
Ground combat at Albany (51,153) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3461 troops, 48 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 340 Defending force 9019 troops, 90 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 166 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 1st USMC Tank Battalion 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion Defending units: 9th Infantry Regiment 31st Fld AA Gun Co 21st Special Base Force 21th JNAF AF Unit 23rd JAAF AF Bn I hope this is a good sign. 15th - The 24 SBDs, 13 TBFs, & 25 PV-2s don't inflict much as they battle through severe storms. quote:
Ground combat at Albany (51,153) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 6549 troops, 59 guns, 366 vehicles, Assault Value = 339 Defending force 9044 troops, 90 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 172 Allied adjusted assault: 224 Japanese adjusted defense: 124 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1259 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 64 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Guns lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled) Allied ground losses: 127 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment 1st USMC Tank Battalion 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion Defending units: 9th Infantry Regiment 21th JNAF AF Unit 31st Fld AA Gun Co 21st Special Base Force 23rd JAAF AF Bn Darwin - 6 B-24s hit the port at night, but hit nothing on 13th. Esperance - 15th - Nick tries to take advantage of the moonlight. A total of 5 Nell, 6 Betty, 23 Helens don't hit anything. Portland Roads - 57 Helens visit at night (15th), very light damage to AF. South Pacific, Solomons, & New Guinea: Merauke - 14th - quote:
Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 18 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 22 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 3 destroyed As usual, the first wave takes the most losses. quote:
Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 12 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed The second wave does much better, especially against the out classed Nicks. 9 more P-38s sweep, but neither side shoots anybody down. quote:
Morning Air attack on Merauke , at 89,124 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 7 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft P-38G Lightning x 23 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Have the numbers edge usually helps.  Luganville - I visit the AF on the 15th with 24 B-24s in the first wave and find 15 Nicks on CAP. 36 more come in. We each lose one. Central Pacific: North Pacific: Engineering: Koggala F4; Viza F5; Cairns F4; Majuro P3; Portland Roads AF8; Recon/Intel: Notes: CA Salt Lake City sinks while still part of CV Enterprise TF. Air Losses for 14th were 116 Allies vs 80 Japan. Most of fleet is back at Melbourne and being repaired. CV Lexington will take 24 days. Screenshot - It looks like armor/tanks of some sort is leaving Perth for Albany while I have the 2nd Marines just to the NW of Esperance. At Kalgoorlie, you can see that the Allies have control of three hexsides. In the SW corner is the crippled CV Enterprise TF.
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