hades1001 -> RE: battle in Marshall get more intensive (12/28/2012 3:52:41 PM)
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And at the same day, hundreds of Allies' next generation fighters swept Kusaie Island, the Japanese stronghold 450 miles west of Marshall Islands, after that, Allies 4E bombers came in and destroyed the airfield there. We lost about 60 Corsairs(2 months worth production) and 20 4E bombers in this action, but I call it necessary sacrifice, because we need to the secure our flank and make sure the Japs won't show up when I'm retrieving the 3 divisions on Ailinglaplap. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 167 Ki-84a Frank x 78 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 15 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 163 Ki-84a Frank x 74 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 157 Ki-84a Frank x 73 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 139 Ki-84a Frank x 67 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 126 Ki-84a Frank x 62 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 27 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 6 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 116 Ki-84a Frank x 57 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 101 Ki-84a Frank x 50 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38H Lightning: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 9 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 95 Ki-84a Frank x 47 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 88 Ki-84a Frank x 44 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 4 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 80 Ki-84a Frank x 38 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 38 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 17 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet 5 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet 2 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 62 Ki-84a Frank x 31 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 54 Ki-84a Frank x 26 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 18 B-24J Liberator x 6 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 42 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 12 damaged N1K1-J George: 6 destroyed on ground Ki-84a Frank: 1 damaged Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed on ground G4M1 Betty: 19 destroyed on ground D4Y1 Judy: 4 destroyed on ground H6K4 Mavis: 3 destroyed on ground H8K1 Emily: 2 destroyed on ground H8K2 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 5 destroyed, 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 53 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 44 Ki-84a Frank x 17 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 27 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground G4M1 Betty: 16 destroyed on ground H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged Airbase hits 5 Runway hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 30 Ki-84a Frank x 14 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 9 B-24D1 Liberator x 3 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 18 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 15 damaged N1K1-J George: 7 destroyed on ground G4M1 Betty: 12 destroyed on ground H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground H8K2 Emily: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged PB4Y-1 Liberator: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 25 Ki-84a Frank x 9 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 23 B-24J Liberator x 6 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed on ground E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed on ground D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kusaie Island , at 125,118 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 59 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K1-J George x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 12 Japanese aircraft losses N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground D4Y1 Judy: 1 destroyed on ground H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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