hades1001
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Dec 29, 41 Darwin Raid The cover roll of Port Moresby is over and KB moved through Arafura Sea and suddenly raided Darwin. My whole ABDA fleet is refueling and replenish at Darwin and the losses are huge! I lost Houstan, Cornwall, Boise and many other good ships. I didn't provide any air cover for this fleet because I din't expect any air threat in this area. I forgot KB apparently... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 127 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 47 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 5 A6M2 Zero x 33 B5N2 Kate x 35 D3A1 Val x 66 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Houston, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires xAP Mount Vernon, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Wakefield, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Durban, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 2 CL Ceres, Bomb hits 1 CL Glasgow CL Boise, Bomb hits 5, on fire CL Dragon, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Dauntless, Bomb hits 2 CL Caledon CA Exeter, Bomb hits 1 CL Marblehead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 74,122 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 B5N2 Kate x 13 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships AM Jan van Amstel, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk AM Eland Dubois PC Tydeman, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 73,124 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Filleigh, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk xAK Clan Alpine, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 149 (138 destroyed, 11 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Kai-eilanden at 81,114 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Sagoland, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 131 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Kai-eilanden at 81,116 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N2 Kate x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Don Jose, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 135 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (8 destroyed, 2 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 135 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 50 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 5 A6M2 Zero x 44 B5N2 Kate x 90 D3A1 Val x 111 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged D3A1 Val: 5 damaged Allied Ships CL Danae, Bomb hits 1 CL Durban, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAP Wakefield, Bomb hits 16, and is sunk DD Bulmer, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 1 CL Caledon CL Boise, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Electra DD Tenedos CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Exeter, Bomb hits 4, on fire CL Dragon CA Houston, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Thanet DD Stewart CL Marblehead, Bomb hits 1, on fire CL Ceres DD Scout CL Dauntless, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Truscott at 72,123 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 B5N2 Kate x 45 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AM Bittern, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk AP Leonard Wood, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage AM Finch, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk TK Anastasia, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk AP Joseph T. Dickman, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk TK Augustina TK Francol, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk AMC Hokoku Maru is sunk near Port Moresby by SS Gudgeon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,131 Japanese Ships AMC Hokoku Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Gudgeon Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled AMC Hokoku Maru is sighted by SS Gudgeon SS Gudgeon launches 4 torpedoes at AMC Hokoku Maru
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