13 avril 1942
Grosse journée plus ou moins bonne,
Fait qui devrait être rare, on perd un sous marin qui rodait autour de Truck... Le Trout n'ouvrira donc jamais son compteur!
Submarine attack near Truk at 113,110
Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
BB Nagato
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Ariake
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima
Allied Ships
SS Trout, hits 16, and is sunk
On avait prévu un gros raid aérien sur Palembang, histoire de frapper les port et les pistes. On va trouver une forte résistance, mais on ne perdra pas trop d'appareils. par contre le raid a été inutile.
Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
Ki-44 Tojo x 8
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 12
DB-7B x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 21
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
DB-7B: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17
Ki-44 Tojo x 6
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 4 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 14
Ki-44 Tojo x 5
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Dans les Shortland notre Rais sera finalement meuilleur
Morning Air attack on Shortlands , at 109,131
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
Et à Ragoon on bombarde les troupes Japonaises, avec nos nouveaux Wellington. première sortie réussit!
Morning Air attack on Southern Army, at 54,53 (Rangoon)
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 11
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Plus intéressant est le retour d'une de nos unités de chasse des tigres volants, maintenant équipé de P-40E Warhawk, soit une unité de 27 appareils prêt à en découdre. Depuis plusieurs jours la ville de Kanhsien est bombardé par deux unités japonnais, équipé de Ki-51 Sonia, et de Ki-48-Ib Lily, soit environ 50 appareils.... le résultat ne se fait pas attendre et environ 50 à 60 % des escadrilles sont détruites! 23 Sonia, et 13 Lily.
on va faire monter l'unité au nord vers Sian pour intercepter de nombreux bombardiers présent dans le secteur.
ici le P-40E gardé par des unité chinoises
Morning Air attack on 25th Chinese Corps, at 81,57 (Kanhsien)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 30
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
AVG/2nd Sqn with P-40E Warhawk (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on 25th Chinese Corps, at 81,57 (Kanhsien)
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 8 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Une vrai usine à As la chine
2LT Jacobs R. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Larson P. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Jacobs R. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3
2LT Larson P. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3
2LT Larson P. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 4
1LT Kroll B. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3
2LT Iverson I. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Iverson I. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3
1LT Kroll B. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 4
2LT Jacobs R. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 4
1LT Wirth T. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Billings O. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Farmer E. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
1LT Wirth T. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3
1LT Wirth T. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 4
1LT Wirth T. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 5 4 Vcitoires aujourd'hui!
2LT Farmer E. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3
1LT Hunter A. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Grant B. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Farmer E. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 4
1LT Daniels B. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
1LT Daniels B. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3
1LT Johnson S. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
2LT Peck W. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 2
1LT Hunter A. of AVG/2nd Sqn is credited with kill number 3