AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 17, 42
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- p5 {7 ~6 r1 Q, ^2 i! H- a7月17日,英国装甲CV群从马德拉斯沿着印度东岸抵达钻石港外海40海里预定阵位,加尔各答和钻石港的上百架战斗机直掩CV群,航母舰载战斗机0CAP全直掩,舰载鱼雷机全反潜。完美上演了一次钓鱼执法,重创联合舰队的KB分队,当天上午下午的两场空战火鸡宴使其完全丧失了进攻能力。
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+ _( N" {3 ?' R, [% A6 mMorning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,38: w' K8 i0 t6 T& a/ R
; B/ g C( b" [- TWeather in hex: Thunderstorms3 p9 h6 G: v2 }4 z
3 h6 w) \, Q1 I. XRaid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
- A( D; ~3 l) jEstimated time to target is 28 minutes) x; b+ _1 u+ C4 u. k
! v4 n W! q' [- \1 ?Japanese aircraft
0 w) m$ ?* E' L A6M2 Zero x 30
) }! m6 O1 U6 { B5N1 Kate x 14
# D4 A8 o/ I: z B5N2 Kate x 12. h1 e# T" Y0 ]& u" h2 V
D3A1 Val x 8+ ?: [8 t9 E5 P* q$ q
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Allied aircraft( |* l6 A+ b0 }6 @4 n3 ?
Fulmar II x 18
' }5 m7 z: ]# F3 O# M8 H( X; b$ j Sea Hurricane Ib x 25& e. ^9 k) S$ b- S _% v/ t& Z
Martlet II x 485 c" w/ D O* ~/ Z( f+ _" j3 E
Hurricane I Trop x 1* h: N" N0 r2 y/ ?. C2 Y& V
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3, z6 c7 ]% I! J4 L
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
& v; y: o: @, g* [ Mohawk IV x 2( h! v. v0 ~( T0 A: Q1 p, R
P-40E Warhawk x 5% ^$ X0 l9 v; U. [4 E( Q1 e# N
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Japanese aircraft losses4 o4 S& ]6 }: q6 l6 d: @1 m
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed- V! v5 [$ W3 X$ G) C% @
B5N1 Kate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged2 k* r, @) J: _/ x. f3 o& c3 V
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed
, E/ ]$ \* X; i% k D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed
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+ n" M: @" L' S0 M1 F7 v0 ^5 e9 `Allied aircraft losses
+ Q, d4 \& H1 G8 w5 y O: p4 i Fulmar II: 1 destroyed/ t0 t+ {2 s$ U
Sea Hurricane Ib: 2 destroyed8 b' v7 I6 ?- [+ B, a b$ o' i5 C
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
( e8 n: z9 q c+ k. Q5 ^ Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed6 T9 U/ X/ d2 K
$ X4 }7 _' v" j. _5 m1 g* qAllied Ships# ~' s" N( `$ M( C& p' S
CV Formidable
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5 |) G3 H) f3 i* u3 P' a5 TAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,38% u& _* |! `! d% T N" @ D
: Z/ X" V: I) w7 Q. y% V xWeather in hex: Partial cloud( j2 l2 J: t4 l% f R
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Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.2 u# r: u, V) |& y
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes
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, w/ @) `9 S9 Y }/ e% I* EJapanese aircraft% c+ [, \( Y* `7 c4 L' Z% `
A6M2 Zero x 182 w. \* a( i0 r& k
B5N1 Kate x 3
2 w$ l* _+ ~. H4 L B5N2 Kate x 14+ R8 T# ]) c; A
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Allied aircraft
8 V! L' u+ Z. H Fulmar II x 17
9 s/ K/ s4 v/ h: i, c# C Sea Hurricane Ib x 14
9 u$ d6 s% B& N/ N Martlet II x 36+ Z0 _" S" a( d B2 {7 h
Hurricane I Trop x 15 ^6 h1 T" D# O* ]7 W. l/ \
Hurricane IIa Trop x 33 ]7 y3 [! j) ~7 ?8 d
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12& q( I2 O( N3 n8 L* w9 w
Mohawk IV x 2
' i: {3 C. W! V; U; N' I+ G, e P-40E Warhawk x 4' A& A( i# o5 k; u1 B/ r+ i
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Japanese aircraft losses _3 ]8 N& h6 M2 G
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
0 m: ~, P; {$ X2 g B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
; J2 m- C% [6 u0 M8 d B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
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7 K/ q2 G2 u: _; g( J" kAllied aircraft losses
8 Z2 x1 y) r! R Fulmar II: 1 destroyed' Y7 Z6 g0 ]7 |
Martlet II: 1 destroyed& c* _1 ~4 D ~1 Y
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships
/ G- v% l" Z( x2 u5 z# u; L" ` CVL Hermes
, E" Y& @; o2 N2 Q% @( r6 O) Y CL Dauntless
9 U4 m6 p* y# t2 ?3 v1 ^ CV Illustrious3 ? G5 y2 k1 |' i$ m, v
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 18, 42/ i" C( |9 l3 [- U
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0 H3 m* J# w. M+ k- m) U1 L7月18日,火鸡日的第2天,英国CV群向南追击,试图空袭KB分队以及其余众多的水面船队。但是KB分队跑得比兔子还快,见势不妙早已逃得无影无踪。英国CV仅空袭了驻岛舰队和运输船队,可惜驻岛皮太厚,运输船队陆基直掩太凶残。全天追击毫无建树。
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,48; s1 o6 a( h8 Y6 V- I
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain$ h6 X9 b- ~; i( @2 e* Z
+ w8 L5 W2 K( C& G: O! S6 FRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.7 z/ V# e: s m! d
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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. q6 F9 ^, m2 O' S7 Q. [% kJapanese aircraft
' X8 s' _/ N. U w: i5 e A6M2 Zero x 12 j/ i3 m g9 ^+ d% u5 I; W' V
; u* ~9 l3 M, l* q' P& E, P5 zAllied aircraft
6 P5 g1 Z( v6 Q) F5 h0 ]- | Albacore I x 104 S% d; I! N7 M+ }4 F2 `
Fulmar II x 4
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No Japanese losses
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6 Q* R, h. a, X- m; @) gAllied aircraft losses. u3 \5 j3 A! [) @9 Q Q0 T$ G
Albacore I: 5 damaged9 T. _$ W3 O8 s; \& p! V
) }1 A1 y% \, z( t+ qJapanese Ships
# y! L @1 |6 r+ Q BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 1* p, O% A6 l% }' H
BB Yamashiro- ~, E- u7 K8 N
BB Mutsu- C! j$ i; h" X9 a4 b( c0 _) ~- ?
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45* h+ L9 E& _: p9 }+ F5 ^, r
; b* J. Y, n% E5 c, p [* e S' o" ^Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
: q3 C& N& B8 _; x/ ]8 |Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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$ B4 k G7 r3 Y7 YJapanese aircraft+ j' }2 h# ~9 o T5 S3 t
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 99 p/ E9 l. K( Y/ s6 q
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
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Allied aircraft& g& Z; i% k. X* L @* M% R0 P
Albacore I x 33
5 b- v7 `; l- K& O a Swordfish I x 7
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No Japanese losses2 g7 d! {. ?) d7 u
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Allied aircraft losses) ]$ y: Z" { w, b
Albacore I: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged
; k* u) J- p- D8 M2 s" S Swordfish I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged9 k g, d) S" \
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed by flak$ K# ^; N9 P4 K/ X* ?6 {& M+ [
1 n9 }: A0 k: N7 @$ s& M1 l/ FJapanese Ships
& h* r3 B2 `" y' z: ~% x xAK Kikukawa Maru1 M1 Q8 ~" V) r0 Z
xAK Keisho Maru# d/ q. V/ J8 K8 r% A( h" E
DD Hayashio9 V- P% l; [* y: e4 _
DD Yukikaze: @) k9 t- F, w) @6 c" c/ ]* j
DD Maikaze
3 B4 J7 Z# b1 J$ t, z DD Natsushio
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 19, 42
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7月19日,逼退了KB分队后,英国水面舰队开始岸轰孟加拉沿岸机场,战果辉煌,瘫痪了吉大港、阿恰布等机场,并歼灭了一支日军运输船队。4 J+ B+ {1 V6 M) q. |) W0 {
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 5,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
% w4 Z: M# T5 g" T$ | a DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
, |' S6 i5 P( ?% i6 }+ S- ` DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1: X p" L4 W5 F X, k5 V
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1/ o6 P7 M- T( {- B
DD Maikaze" c6 \& P! Q* R* e; x) ]
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Allied Ships# [2 }7 P, A4 h+ n
BB Resolution, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire" G8 @. U `' E, O- h: q
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
' e4 o/ q: T3 D+ } CL Birmingham1 {6 b+ b8 x$ U
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
) `1 X' ^# X c DD Fortune
# }- L, Y3 O! M; V* s* O& q5 G DD Griffin, Shell hits 1
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. x- b8 I9 t* `/ ?6 v e9 @Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 6,000 Yards
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AK Kaga Maru( d) ?( x1 I9 P& ?+ D3 w
xAK Fushimi Maru+ c+ E, {8 l* V/ K$ p# V
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
0 |. u6 E! e* a xAK Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire3 {) a$ h D$ g9 u
xAK Africa Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
" m' R3 @/ P/ M- D xAK Arabia Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
7 U& ?: `/ V- { xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk* F6 k# r+ g7 B) H3 M
xAK Mikage Maru, Shell hits 1
' W4 ]) K9 E2 V# Y2 ^* X* p xAK Kikukawa Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire. N7 r8 J, I5 k# {. a2 J1 m9 w
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Allied Ships% M, ]& n! G4 s1 H
BB Resolution, Shell hits 1, on fire
2 J" Y: X6 K0 O CA Exeter5 t, _' f# o5 p: r' K$ o
CL Birmingham
' K4 B5 J' o. ^: g7 e8 t% A CL Newcastle( n' [& N: e x0 N
DD Fortune* L1 @ Q1 Y2 |' y" B( c
DD Griffin8 e* C0 b6 Q! U' d, j3 b- V; p
K5 u) {- f. y' JJapanese ground losses:$ K2 e2 v* W' J$ w2 H
2769 casualties reported% }6 ]( p7 r, c! E* u; J4 P
Squads: 29 destroyed, 10 disabled
+ }( P) {3 J) h0 ?" t Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 73 disabled+ k3 \+ z; k( t+ z2 I
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" v5 R1 M4 }8 a) [ ? h j; ` Guns lost 18 (14 destroyed, 4 disabled)
# P/ x2 i" l# O7 | Vehicles lost 27 (19 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Night Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,43
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2 K @# _6 O& q, K I: z# M+ hJapanese aircraft
. n7 B' V' D' F2 v$ _- D5 |# R no flights( }. _2 W0 L+ @1 s
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Japanese aircraft losses8 O& P+ _! s, r( g0 `
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged/ Y" t( L0 c6 \% M
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground! B1 R% O/ t# U1 _
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged7 N& m+ f8 F/ h1 ]% L/ a8 Z
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground/ A4 q5 K, R' `* B' S, ~; Q' ]
' f' z7 a9 c! }8 w' H3 u6 }1 ]0 ZAllied Ships4 _8 Q; M3 ?+ g0 ?. V% s. Y
BB Royal Sovereign
( L/ Y) Y; J( ~+ { CA Dorsetshire: B& s. O. c; _: Z" Y, q' Z
CL Glasgow
3 M. z: O# M: f! G CL Ceres
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. M5 A2 c5 G! v4 P; H! c7 LJapanese ground losses:4 x8 i* E( Z. n; l# N
129 casualties reported h* r; H- t- Z3 c6 ^7 {# c- E4 G
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
9 p+ @! a- |# E, u& o M Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
5 G& K% n: A* ~. C+ f& _ Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 a5 r6 `, }7 J8 I& E
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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5 M; x( j& m5 ~2 gAirbase hits 2
& U2 h0 V- k+ i6 dRunway hits 10
+ U- E; I- j) U' SPort hits 6
" {/ ^. P( G! D" MPort fuel hits 1- \0 @8 \, ? O
Port supply hits 1' e1 ~. U; S' R, p
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Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,452 F2 g: N" q& h5 _& w
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Allied Ships
: ^8 f6 q1 }9 P1 E BB Ramillies7 } T; e% C5 I
CA Devonshire; G& z0 G8 ~ \/ Z3 Y+ [
CL Enterprise5 b/ I" U. p z' B0 o5 p
CL Hobart, Z' v5 w# s7 E5 m/ c7 ?% R) i
2 } A9 r/ \# W9 ~Japanese ground losses:
# C& \# S/ J) J 585 casualties reported6 d3 H m* A/ C i: O! f1 u D3 L
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled2 j2 `. `! B, ^5 m% m6 Z1 ^4 A
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 17 disabled/ n% }; G& r2 b4 |0 [' |/ q
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled/ s7 X* a! i! @3 X: J$ v
Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)
, M4 ]& R" B2 Q* w: l Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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Manpower hits 35 F8 M) x4 | J7 x; E9 e
Fires 575
3 _+ x' o; c9 P( v8 R7 V$ h' jAirbase hits 48 W( [6 ]$ Y: ]$ z/ j( c
Runway hits 17( d/ O/ B( ~: m" c
Port hits 58 t$ H6 B* B0 S, ^
Port supply hits 1
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) l) E( \8 V+ w4 LDay Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 13,000 Yards+ l! L$ h- z4 p" x
4 T$ g- P( g% ]- p f1 ~8 V% tJapanese Ships
+ k- I" t1 k( i DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
& `# h" F6 b4 J" ?( G DD Hayashio, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage1 O2 O$ v3 v7 B+ Q8 K8 K' r/ K0 e
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage0 i( j( a! O7 g
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BB Resolution, Shell hits 1 p5 n4 R7 Z2 t3 T4 y
CA Exeter, e9 W# O- _$ P$ b0 w; r* d$ w9 l8 B
CL Birmingham9 u4 W; S" e8 d1 T
CL Newcastle
+ r# {) ~5 W+ _ D0 f DD Fortune, Shell hits 2
* b, i8 N: B: T6 v! P/ O4 ~9 \# K3 \ DD Griffin, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
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0 L7 Z; U6 \$ G. d7 c( h9 b7月20日,隐藏了1天的英国CV被西蒙大将误认为返航,驻岛准备北上迎战英国水面舰队,结果被英国CV伏击,可惜驻岛的皮依然厚实,英国的鱼雷机依然软脚,仅仅击轻伤驻岛
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bassein at 52,50
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud& D' A# ~2 Y Q- C
1 s5 `/ M) C) U' t' h8 MRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.* C( y* G6 n: i- G" c
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes9 |3 z9 ]# Z) P- O
4 J& s3 c9 Q. u5 {5 DAllied aircraft) Q" v' b5 ^6 x2 ^
Albacore I x 31
: ]: a' Q1 z, K2 W! ] Fulmar II x 4
5 w1 @( ?: J) ?+ A' U% I" A Sea Hurricane Ib x 8
8 P5 y7 s P* S" ~4 J1 X Martlet II x 6" K# g; m1 e. M4 K! r
) x' |+ i# w1 G' O! n; SAllied aircraft losses
3 F) o# k* g4 U8 B2 | Albacore I: 8 damaged
5 F' e2 h* _' y2 b5 B6 i7 M Albacore I: 1 destroyed by flak6 ~' G/ q D, W! L9 \2 z9 E/ Y
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BB Nagato, Torpedo hits 13 K+ |. ]* R" A0 W6 N+ a6 D9 Y; c/ h
BB Ise, Torpedo hits 1( g6 ?' g, K& |2 r4 d
BB Yamashiro
" I+ P e) u2 K O3 R6 z, U BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 3) y; z+ [4 w9 Z2 H5 e( K$ A
BB Mutsu |