AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 17, 42) r& `( n8 Q, M- D
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- D: Q/ v E6 X; \8 [7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。8 _# o* ]' J+ o
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# R2 Y. O% F7 M/ W/ l$ |6 gMorning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,38& h- k/ e) n( P1 q" ^* i% ~3 j) W
8 x8 k4 {1 F9 D$ MWeather in hex: Thunderstorms+ `3 m& e6 g$ f4 v' Y7 [# l; z
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Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.5 K1 @7 J1 }: C1 _- X- F1 F
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
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Japanese aircraft; l3 T- b5 d( ]+ a8 {0 b# w: r
A6M2 Zero x 30
( _( V, o# `1 Q7 \2 G, ^1 ? B5N1 Kate x 14) a. N! T6 [; C4 x: o
B5N2 Kate x 12
! Q: ?9 N: I: R2 t2 g: H( W D3A1 Val x 8& `3 |) c, K- z
, C. b9 y) {7 W& L4 q2 ?Allied aircraft
, N: a/ l" P1 W2 U Fulmar II x 181 d- K5 D' @1 @) U/ `5 t6 \
Sea Hurricane Ib x 25+ ]- L9 z0 ?- z
Martlet II x 48
+ |$ g; O3 T# N4 {! ?% g Hurricane I Trop x 14 ^6 B" m7 O8 G5 p( r7 A
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
5 K K# T. `* G' Z- n Hurricane IIb Trop x 12) `" C0 z5 ?: t3 D. C5 s5 ~5 ?' ]
Mohawk IV x 27 A& q0 V* Y$ }- o W
P-40E Warhawk x 5" D8 W" s. m( i$ p) ~, G V+ ?
9 ~2 h$ [2 i9 y, O9 vJapanese aircraft losses1 b7 l% E3 X: B1 v
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
- _' ^' ?+ O1 D B5N1 Kate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
, n, z8 \! z. x7 |) h9 Z) b B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed- y5 `" q6 l: k/ q6 _4 F) N
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed" [4 m) U; s( J5 r0 m3 ?" y* ]
, @+ n, n* q: Q3 WAllied aircraft losses
9 ]% y( q3 x( g' |" M Fulmar II: 1 destroyed. ]3 L, \0 c+ [
Sea Hurricane Ib: 2 destroyed4 a5 p6 g' \# {# A
Martlet II: 2 destroyed; l) L0 K8 l2 j. H% ?2 v) T: }+ `- ]
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
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CV Formidable
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,38( _+ X$ Z. |- x; x" s7 v* E
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud' T& j* g+ A" G) K o: j o
5 [: n0 ^9 n8 E, W" oRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.4 J6 k: F& }: O9 X5 Y
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes2 O5 I, u! f1 J! I6 t H; d( B) E9 S: \
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Japanese aircraft
2 Z$ x+ C9 i8 c2 D A6M2 Zero x 189 }: c! P$ M& x* K) @* c3 t- u
B5N1 Kate x 3 H% i0 g4 R3 ^/ P' {9 m; t
B5N2 Kate x 14
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! w0 {/ N" c5 `Allied aircraft$ p- h1 m3 m: c) K! f/ _) `
Fulmar II x 17- D& L% H' d v, `
Sea Hurricane Ib x 14
3 Z/ I3 [ L& a Martlet II x 361 p6 h/ b3 e6 Y
Hurricane I Trop x 1
M" \; B* x% @' B) ]" m Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
" a& Z- P: @, Q( o/ `" u' K% A Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
) m( L- f) h! c3 a( \ Mohawk IV x 2
6 ]8 X( e' R0 D0 n+ e/ r5 `) ` P-40E Warhawk x 4. n/ m" n# m( y2 U2 Y
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Japanese aircraft losses3 W, D" W$ s2 A4 O [2 }: h
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
0 m; D% k: v6 w5 k1 c+ e B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
9 D, d* g8 P2 q/ D; v2 s5 e B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged' r- r; @: D" |# J
* R- X. q8 L [+ ~: ^$ ^. X7 VAllied aircraft losses V+ k& y h% N& C6 [- b
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
1 n" e5 i; q: {, D) J Martlet II: 1 destroyed
0 _8 A1 |8 I) d# _ Y* ~ Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
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Allied Ships& g- k- [2 u, ~5 ?) A ~
CVL Hermes
6 W- g; [$ M+ z8 i2 D& y C CL Dauntless$ `% I3 J8 \+ Y: g; j. P. r
CV Illustrious
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$ J& x/ j0 P: S& I+ QAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 18, 42
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7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。0 A8 m( X' q! Y
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,484 e5 F5 V7 V8 \
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
# i% M# M" H/ M( Q/ I AEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
# }% v5 Q6 O! p6 K A6M2 Zero x 1
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# M3 i4 p5 k6 c3 r1 Q8 ~8 TAllied aircraft- @9 r( x7 V; y4 i
Albacore I x 10
# U( ?( F$ e9 j) V% m Q Fulmar II x 44 h8 g2 s) |- l% ?. g1 Q+ R
! F+ G% }# t, [# N, p x8 z$ vNo Japanese losses. N4 R* s6 Y' ~$ }" j
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Allied aircraft losses
5 W! v+ J- o7 X( f$ F! P Albacore I: 5 damaged
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! U! U& ~% J+ F% h- gJapanese Ships% Y6 J' I8 b$ d
BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 1% \5 y: U) i# r9 E7 N3 E
BB Yamashiro) I. S$ P' Y2 d9 U) f
BB Mutsu- ]9 w; R; Y" Y; `
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45" @- r9 b% ~$ n/ f+ N
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud+ z3 r8 Q% E8 _6 w8 S% N; S
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
$ ]( T9 I5 y# B( jEstimated time to target is 13 minutes( p M7 h I$ |* Y' _
) q: _( }" u1 d4 d r5 yJapanese aircraft
$ r" A/ j; Q) r$ L Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9& X; L% k# J% `, E) c0 i# u
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
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Allied aircraft
7 P4 f) N+ X! h) G8 b Albacore I x 338 F5 D& X# ?- c% f0 ] A& d
Swordfish I x 7
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- n, j9 Y1 A7 YNo Japanese losses. F0 ]; C( e/ H' g( k( b" c: f
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Allied aircraft losses
( n% {" h8 x" p/ P Albacore I: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged& F @8 c0 c4 @* I5 k
Swordfish I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
1 @, j j) b9 }( P' c3 J% W& R Swordfish I: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
' d( t: V& ?& \2 l% ?: { xAK Kikukawa Maru; m6 r1 s2 a3 Y. \& m
xAK Keisho Maru* o3 N+ O( ?4 N+ s" H; Y/ u }
DD Hayashio8 }! a' `4 \* D/ D Y" B
DD Yukikaze& T9 L r9 [; q( N9 j( r: X8 v
DD Maikaze* ~" f4 q p2 i% J1 `) @" X# b
DD Natsushio
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 19, 42
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# M3 v& W/ ~. J+ f2 w7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。
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& E4 E1 s: o0 u8 y$ {' M& ONight Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 5,000 Yards2 H: _+ O, U$ ?7 ~) C5 a5 e% x
# Q0 g7 c/ M7 U' U: vJapanese Ships- O' \2 a+ R [. p- L5 v' f
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
2 m/ `6 H$ t! s& } DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1' ~% U. ?5 l* i
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1
% T" y1 L" j" s) c1 t E/ } DD Maikaze
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Allied Ships3 r4 S$ ?2 x. o& `' L
BB Resolution, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire2 }9 w; G. |4 r
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
$ ]8 S' V0 b6 v8 e$ w) n/ G3 \ CL Birmingham
2 A7 E, s$ S' C \1 L CL Newcastle, Shell hits 18 V) S2 ^, p) h- X* ^4 ]
DD Fortune
6 H6 O2 r! x' Y+ ` DD Griffin, Shell hits 1& b& z# s( K( F& P
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 6,000 Yards# q; H1 B1 H# e9 | x
0 ?" ?! b0 ^) t0 Z5 K% kJapanese Ships
9 @6 ?" B0 i2 _* |3 T" | AK Kaga Maru
% W7 c3 `: U9 P xAK Fushimi Maru
# c4 C( S7 R) R- c* E% C# b& \ xAK Kamikaze Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
, q: D K" ]% J! R% m xAK Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire# k' @/ n0 e! l3 s7 W* `
xAK Africa Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
5 ~) z( C3 j" |" P xAK Arabia Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
8 ^4 X J4 z. s" ^& l, u xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk% q3 a8 ~( ?' {- k0 ]) T7 `' v+ G5 T
xAK Mikage Maru, Shell hits 1
2 G# [$ ]1 a, W% Y xAK Kikukawa Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire5 W: c5 c- s; v2 V. M0 E
* h, t4 S9 @( Z* BAllied Ships6 g, Q3 X, |1 g$ m8 Y+ K
BB Resolution, Shell hits 1, on fire
9 L. n/ |9 |; n CA Exeter
+ _# O! d' V" p! d6 \6 F' ` CL Birmingham7 G1 v+ u" S! P: @$ V( w; I
CL Newcastle D' ]9 K7 H u" N" G4 R. u+ Z
DD Fortune+ i/ d- S$ ^# {' [
DD Griffin0 F% {1 x6 o" z! |3 V9 k
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Japanese ground losses:( X; r! b; B: c2 e3 J" S
2769 casualties reported3 ^+ ?, y" w3 P9 Q! Z0 F7 Z( c( i7 U
Squads: 29 destroyed, 10 disabled
" @6 E( ?2 b$ E" J! ]# O5 ^' P2 D. R Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 73 disabled
! W2 }$ a/ h0 _5 o7 p5 v" F2 C Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
" F1 f# y1 D+ B' w; A5 E Guns lost 18 (14 destroyed, 4 disabled)# H; q' M; z/ o/ h1 ]
Vehicles lost 27 (19 destroyed, 8 disabled)0 Q' V2 f3 i/ C. Z* ^) Y" {6 P% l
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' L7 l% ]( m' j6 Z N1 ~- Y+ MNight Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,434 O# c P, v+ n3 z1 x; P; z6 j
/ p: _* O E6 |; u& s/ M3 ^Japanese aircraft
0 Z3 h8 y: m* m+ {0 R' I8 Y7 K no flights" x& T1 A j( ~# P7 F
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Japanese aircraft losses1 ?2 L1 ^/ A) H, P
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged0 T, w8 U* \4 A2 ~
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
. ^. ^- \7 Y/ I( M; k$ R Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged3 Q% ~) P, R* _
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground$ o' K" b# Y$ F8 i J8 W! T
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Allied Ships
8 I3 P5 F4 U* K5 n BB Royal Sovereign
3 D0 U8 p$ }7 @8 o0 C2 S( E CA Dorsetshire
o* b# \0 Y3 v% ] CL Glasgow7 m0 E' W9 |' R# u9 q
CL Ceres
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Japanese ground losses:: |) ]) f) R" F k
129 casualties reported' P; P O/ |2 h N! i) ?: ~
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& u9 \7 G4 h; J7 f7 z
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
8 E' q* g7 p) Y! e Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled. J0 p5 t# e4 b, Y. }+ O+ z- i
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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+ c( v g7 e& dAirbase hits 2
% L8 N1 y k7 E% y/ [' H- lRunway hits 10
- ]6 v% n5 J7 @ P3 \Port hits 6- b& o! L9 V: p% m1 R1 O3 g" X T7 E
Port fuel hits 11 C! n, L+ I& D6 x* Y* G
Port supply hits 15 W! o! V% \, J+ t9 U' l% h! s
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Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45
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Allied Ships
% a5 y2 o; y# C! i( u J BB Ramillies" h8 k4 a5 C. P4 y
CA Devonshire5 K+ U) `; V, ?3 ?/ z
CL Enterprise
, |; o+ {6 A, K2 I! e1 @ CL Hobart8 k2 J3 F% z, b) f8 \
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Japanese ground losses:
9 m' `+ W- ~- W7 r( d 585 casualties reported
& s& f4 K8 N6 r1 M: J* k Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
* k6 a b8 u0 M; L Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 17 disabled
+ ^- ?$ y/ [4 B. o; G) } Engineers: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled: J9 p6 t1 g5 h" k( B4 Q$ p) L# p
Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)
. N8 T# f# G( I2 h/ e. \5 Z# P9 c1 f Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
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" g2 j) {+ o; q+ S/ g! d: kManpower hits 3
* O1 |- O/ ]1 Q9 s% n3 }* OFires 575
; e0 e/ d1 b8 H- vAirbase hits 4" o, l0 _! p; A! ]+ |3 P
Runway hits 17
# c7 B# ?1 H% L. CPort hits 52 R6 J |% I7 C+ B; \. I
Port supply hits 1
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 13,000 Yards& i8 B O( n( f7 L& O5 t1 E% H
8 x6 `6 v! J. Y6 F8 R. \; fJapanese Ships
1 b' \0 o3 q% M" ?% P DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
/ b( f$ L$ Z' X5 K: ]0 G* R DD Hayashio, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
% k1 O$ d: u2 l; T" N- b0 Q. a DD Maikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
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8 P: C' p: J) X7 NAllied Ships
( ?8 h% z, a* o9 _ BB Resolution, Shell hits 16 j( F+ K3 {' w3 j
CA Exeter( X9 @- C% `0 ]5 }$ }5 Q! G
CL Birmingham
- B- Z3 ~4 g( t! l; M CL Newcastle2 C; j7 ~( N5 } y' \
DD Fortune, Shell hits 2
) Z |9 q6 v: \1 Q4 c' H DD Griffin, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage$ ^2 n9 F2 T0 n
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 20, 42
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* k8 H9 L0 d1 B' r+ @; j3 r9 T4 r7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5 x( _3 Q% ]% _3 @) T+ F' X" k
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% }. l# D" }* nAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Bassein at 52,50: O% Q/ b! P* E, W4 I5 T. i$ R
% s3 L* K) J- Y2 NWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.1 u, L- k5 B) D! C
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes* } A6 X' ]3 g! Y, L4 ^! f: L
5 T8 X7 d% q3 U0 L/ XAllied aircraft
7 g' f+ @. H* F) }7 M+ L Albacore I x 31
* c" f+ V, O r, f( q, P Fulmar II x 44 y8 `: s/ @& o! l( ~2 a
Sea Hurricane Ib x 8# s6 k- k5 b, E3 _6 g9 ~) q
Martlet II x 6
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Allied aircraft losses, u$ @# _& F, r m) L# I% `
Albacore I: 8 damaged
9 |+ [8 y1 n8 k2 q% x ^* }7 S9 W Albacore I: 1 destroyed by flak2 B( @1 `3 |, ^! Q3 t
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BB Nagato, Torpedo hits 1
; [$ } a( ]1 f8 S5 d BB Ise, Torpedo hits 1
5 c% } e3 c4 z9 l# z8 r BB Yamashiro
) z1 F% M" a2 W" { BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 3
4 w! i! A9 @8 D( R% f1 u0 V4 c BB Mutsu |