AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 17, 42
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" U1 Z) W$ w( t; I) S% ?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。" |6 ?, R% I% {6 R: {1 Y, q
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5 i; C! r( h+ GMorning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,38% K3 c2 c" }3 c6 G: V! \% ]
( b( s5 o0 H4 V" XWeather in hex: Thunderstorms: P( U+ l' k! c1 r9 a
% b; h& {3 |. r+ hRaid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
; R7 ^0 J" W* H) E+ w5 J; X1 ZEstimated time to target is 28 minutes) `/ S. z, Y, m
" X6 c( c. X/ A2 e" _0 y- Z, ]7 hJapanese aircraft2 P( u; E8 Q4 m9 F* u
A6M2 Zero x 30
4 o8 Y6 ]6 p8 c' O7 s* s B5N1 Kate x 144 m8 `/ k' s+ \, f% p4 C m# l
B5N2 Kate x 12 X3 V; O" Y; |( @8 j4 d* l$ A
D3A1 Val x 8) W7 Z3 T& N2 s* f2 z7 r% E" J+ o
3 a" p' v1 Y$ I( Q. OAllied aircraft
6 k3 L2 _6 d$ v1 ]+ K+ D/ x; w# l8 e Fulmar II x 18
+ k' R6 s. C- t; K0 h Sea Hurricane Ib x 25$ n5 L: \0 q. Y1 [+ Z1 r2 f
Martlet II x 48; w& N9 k" T/ r8 R1 Y' y* F
Hurricane I Trop x 1+ n- e% a6 ?' j3 K1 L( M
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
3 x0 _+ A! I+ u5 u5 f3 H Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
8 j+ b. ]& Y w5 s1 _: u4 g Mohawk IV x 2: w; c1 s6 f# f8 I8 C% ?; e! f
P-40E Warhawk x 5
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Japanese aircraft losses8 X: [7 L8 V; b2 _5 y
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed$ F' {' X3 w, V4 V1 P$ \
B5N1 Kate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged4 S* E' B5 _! r
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed3 Y) ~: D3 w. `/ I) j* [
D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed# Y, }2 X+ w( O1 J
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Allied aircraft losses/ v! p* q0 Q6 M4 a# q# u0 d) ^: V
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
8 ~, U6 S6 R$ h1 C Sea Hurricane Ib: 2 destroyed
/ N; H4 k, [! t- K9 c Martlet II: 2 destroyed
$ l! c3 c r- [: t+ z: N Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed2 Y4 {; G1 _3 ~) l, F( N( R
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Allied Ships
% }8 u7 f- B/ [2 D6 @5 }: k CV Formidable
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,383 H1 a6 V! Y) R$ P
$ |0 g% ^8 i, ^) ]/ \, ~Weather in hex: Partial cloud
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- N1 O! T& e! X3 eRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
- R7 q6 S9 Z; G- R# s2 W: |Estimated time to target is 30 minutes8 | v1 w0 [& J; T1 j1 V
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Japanese aircraft- x ^+ B, R: T" L8 ~1 \8 R T( L' E
A6M2 Zero x 18- r) a- ] _$ Q; A8 U! p+ J, |4 q' f" V
B5N1 Kate x 3 A, }$ i k! }6 X
B5N2 Kate x 14
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$ [3 Y$ h3 _# }, i- \+ Y! K% W3 ~Allied aircraft
0 J6 l( ]0 y7 k- ] Fulmar II x 17
4 A, a0 i& @; v Sea Hurricane Ib x 144 b D6 p- Y6 w6 N* T$ X
Martlet II x 36
" i' K" i9 l' h% ^5 L' n0 }( @ Hurricane I Trop x 1
u7 p. m' {- V' I1 e Hurricane IIa Trop x 35 P, n: g6 A) X- @" e
Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
' I+ |2 A( J; r" C Mohawk IV x 2
' [9 j8 e) m; T2 b' r' a9 S o P-40E Warhawk x 4" s' a/ W* n% T: o: t
) p) j# O7 E Y' TJapanese aircraft losses
" _# A" y9 Z" ` i, S& o2 ] A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
/ ]6 v, A4 } I, D B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
. Z4 m$ q) f7 }0 F) e B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged0 I8 A- ?+ h5 u$ Y1 S7 R
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Allied aircraft losses7 ?, P- K- G$ [1 [$ P5 d
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
# m+ W5 f9 K; z# C2 V6 I! a6 K Martlet II: 1 destroyed
1 R) T: P( ~2 W$ G6 Z6 w( V2 ` Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
3 `, o8 L0 g9 A! t/ B
: w' U/ o4 k2 M7 N, eAllied Ships
! |# n" d3 L4 }7 b CVL Hermes
' l9 l5 i9 W3 ]) O' a4 E CL Dauntless
! p$ Y. j! L9 p$ v2 f CV Illustrious0 a' A, q" h* a" O2 t
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& V1 j0 Y# ?- _; z" a+ r! n( }AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 18, 42- | P3 q: s9 J( V# e' G Q
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+ Q. B4 S0 G2 g7 m7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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' {/ I) h% W+ T3 dAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,48: P8 w3 s% x5 i6 K2 u% u
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain) u* a0 Y! M* Z- f
; A" y; [6 k2 y4 H6 n! VRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.0 E# S1 c: K% e6 y; j. F0 r
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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* v8 l% G- {# r( ~; P- Z- k1 y/ v* }Japanese aircraft
3 I0 v: c* Y! X4 n- ~ A6M2 Zero x 10 k3 N! P' _; Q) D7 Z* v7 P
! {% E1 Z/ j, o# G! F( T- n1 zAllied aircraft! S' ]5 X' T8 D- p$ T
Albacore I x 10
' A( b8 P7 y, f( i: z5 m Fulmar II x 4
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No Japanese losses1 b2 Y; q# ?6 [5 @: [
0 ~3 X# k6 T/ @' i) v5 e }Allied aircraft losses
# N4 ^4 Y; D" O3 F Albacore I: 5 damaged1 D: ], D7 @7 g5 ~
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Japanese Ships8 \$ l' q3 a7 D1 F, \
BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 19 f9 i, V* G/ {; w
BB Yamashiro
$ }; R% L5 @" O ]( J+ w! f BB Mutsu
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,452 }; F; P# e0 J' e
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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7 S0 o: R1 V. dRaid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.* |- P5 F% d! P5 O. `
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
9 p% W0 x) J2 d Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
T4 x3 |' ]/ e4 u Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
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( \* a( g2 w8 f5 a; b4 F0 m& yAllied aircraft
. N [" v+ z. ^1 C7 w6 ~$ n Albacore I x 338 u/ y/ X3 Q, ?3 G
Swordfish I x 7; }6 j# T' l9 l# ^2 v8 {
! G; u6 O, G5 z/ @0 J7 }' W- s# S, lNo Japanese losses. R1 V' K8 c$ L$ o3 F% S& X0 M
% ?9 p9 L( i0 l4 k' \1 oAllied aircraft losses
; J; y0 k& {# \ Albacore I: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged
' w6 p$ @# W W9 O/ i# | Swordfish I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
$ |' p! o* X. e, ] Swordfish I: 1 destroyed by flak4 N* Q) u( g; F5 q0 A# I
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Japanese Ships
* O s4 Y6 U6 H2 t1 \/ c9 R e. ^ xAK Kikukawa Maru
2 u- a: {5 B0 d5 E J xAK Keisho Maru0 Y9 o' V: u- |
DD Hayashio
7 R8 K7 {5 L7 W4 Z2 p& S' z2 D DD Yukikaze
" V" f/ H' [# Y$ R2 x8 ^/ z0 h DD Maikaze( m/ Q1 e: @ d; Z
DD Natsushio( E' U$ e0 K: @* c8 h
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! p9 ]$ i s0 O. {7 i* B6 lAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 19, 42
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0 h; j: b7 b* j: w6 u8 U7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。. [- U& ]# S% D% n. `" P
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+ s$ ]9 e( n) c9 dNight Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 5,000 Yards* V6 M! V& @* {. G C3 h" a
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Japanese Ships0 B: [5 b' P4 R# p* N* `* C J; f
DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
$ E# F& J, \; O1 Q" k DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1
[& \/ u) u5 [ W6 ? DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1- i q: g- Q3 n& @. }: \
DD Maikaze+ j& z6 s" V% f6 i
9 s4 a! y0 e* A# k0 J: |Allied Ships
& X- D: t0 s6 j7 z$ D, V BB Resolution, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire2 a; j7 A4 H3 L; F! V3 z
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1- G, e2 E; u; I! Y
CL Birmingham1 k- J$ c$ e. x- S) z$ P3 l# [
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
/ n9 D& L9 P$ ^9 y; n% ` DD Fortune
- `- ]; n) R* ^3 D7 z# [; z DD Griffin, Shell hits 11 R5 f6 W( P% X6 {5 G3 Q9 Z
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0 t% X. H' H+ _# JNight Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 6,000 Yards
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/ f1 i# S8 Z \7 dJapanese Ships
8 ^( Z* I j, g. K AK Kaga Maru# w! I8 h3 q! n- \
xAK Fushimi Maru+ X, D7 X9 a7 k3 v
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
" @$ R' W: F5 a% c" A xAK Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire }6 T( X$ N" t/ Z! i: K6 M1 H% ?
xAK Africa Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
% }2 e& W4 {) U, |. R5 r xAK Arabia Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk5 c) ]) v2 r' `! x: D
xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk) V( k( B9 c7 K3 O8 q
xAK Mikage Maru, Shell hits 1
0 Z7 j N* M7 }8 e xAK Kikukawa Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire
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Allied Ships& Z1 s5 }$ }5 u- ], Q4 p
BB Resolution, Shell hits 1, on fire
]' t. O" l9 {, m CA Exeter
& B3 g" l) t! f; M9 s CL Birmingham
4 b! o( C/ V/ E. t5 H9 ]; U CL Newcastle
; h. ^( C+ Y. |! Q" P DD Fortune
- q5 R% ]5 E* o4 |% ` DD Griffin; S& [* g" w- G3 g
, `: Q i' p% B9 \1 p9 {" r9 qJapanese ground losses:0 Y$ A8 j( ?2 u1 y' [ ^
2769 casualties reported
* d) Y/ t1 ]% k0 v; X7 R Squads: 29 destroyed, 10 disabled' u& R6 n; g+ |( B/ D0 [/ r7 X" `& z7 W
Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 73 disabled3 a0 ]' b8 j- g& c9 r
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
$ M! }+ I% d2 u* g& K8 ] e Guns lost 18 (14 destroyed, 4 disabled)* T& _1 D) g1 l f5 }
Vehicles lost 27 (19 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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; ?8 X3 z+ M1 HNight Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,43
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no flights) ] m6 z7 y. X
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Japanese aircraft losses
, ?1 ~& x2 Z, q Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged; f7 b0 j: C0 i1 u4 B. o+ _
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground: ^) ?8 n" K! b3 Z0 l
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged
! ]- z; b2 Q' }2 o4 x& n9 q+ q Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
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Allied Ships
2 X: @' x7 i- y3 W+ O6 e BB Royal Sovereign6 U X4 v5 v; t, N
CA Dorsetshire/ M" V3 K2 q- _. z5 T
CL Glasgow6 l) v5 V, ?, t+ M
CL Ceres& h7 @+ K8 b* X8 T% W2 S* k
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Japanese ground losses:. g) w& V, c9 q) K. `9 c4 ^
129 casualties reported
" n9 U* k7 F. X8 }8 E" o Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- }) x8 I( L M; @8 e
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
! |" \# h4 T0 t n, z Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 x$ v9 ?* F0 L$ x, b9 R" Q
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)7 h8 P, [" h8 @1 ~$ |5 I1 d
! ~2 M0 B" f; {6 d" Q1 GAirbase hits 27 l8 y6 J% N# g" a! J
Runway hits 10
# l- D3 r8 K+ ^ kPort hits 6
+ p# i7 M4 @3 |) IPort fuel hits 18 l, t$ m& c2 P9 m' v8 I; C
Port supply hits 1" x; c" j0 a# l& D" }& G8 {
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Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45
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7 [; P. a5 i. A+ y, U9 mAllied Ships
1 z7 I7 ~7 z6 y$ x2 ?1 r+ U BB Ramillies+ a0 F3 a: C, ]4 n2 I' X
CA Devonshire y G7 J# h) C+ w6 I' a' w
CL Enterprise
/ I* n$ I$ q+ E! i$ N. j3 u6 w CL Hobart+ v! [' ^$ u; H2 C! l2 O
* h$ T4 `1 p7 c6 K$ ~Japanese ground losses:
* W8 O0 f. Z, @6 | 585 casualties reported7 | d& z3 \4 E1 l" I2 u
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 ? _2 Y8 g5 b2 C6 X- M Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 17 disabled
) T9 `. I( C9 j' ]! s2 q$ s3 O! C+ K& c* j Engineers: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled
' E* p) c$ C% M y3 O4 c8 O; G5 S Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)' R' {& J! I; H
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)* z: D) w4 I5 B! Q0 t/ e
& @1 t. J+ U2 N% l6 S( kManpower hits 30 `0 x3 i# P5 g; P0 W" I( p
Fires 575; u0 F% S3 X# G0 u3 M
Airbase hits 4
6 E* J- @" B) ]+ ^9 @; IRunway hits 17" W3 t } A4 Q! l# V
Port hits 5
/ n& O9 }* c. A' f& jPort supply hits 1- ?- F/ r8 b# @! p; i6 P9 n8 H' X
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 13,000 Yards$ H1 V) v* _- a5 y2 R* ~( O; ]' A4 L
" X/ p* `, _, O) u: L% qJapanese Ships) h7 ?# C6 a( J( ~0 p
DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire9 g, c& l$ u% ]2 [- @2 _2 l" A8 \
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage# \* B# C( H' y3 a
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage" @3 g& q9 T! F' i2 p4 c" {
9 |" Q" @& E$ B9 e/ L' E2 cAllied Ships
& h7 |) L' Y! ^2 P BB Resolution, Shell hits 11 x9 N5 x# [9 b! @4 u1 L+ l
CA Exeter
5 X3 W1 x- M; Q; ^ n CL Birmingham6 P- k) d8 D- g
CL Newcastle6 P3 A# }; }- W
DD Fortune, Shell hits 2
" a0 \1 L1 x9 W D$ E5 g DD Griffin, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 20, 428 m+ ~* m9 J, k# I
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6 x" u0 ^. ?' E% f# N( r; F7 {7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; e" U8 ]5 s0 {- w: v
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet./ Q$ W( i" Y1 w- B7 v; p- m
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes0 L, ^/ T, q2 v! Q P* p
0 w4 {* q; t* K( pAllied aircraft( l/ B" c, g3 Z, g! g
Albacore I x 31
; Q, }5 L6 U: [# Z0 k Fulmar II x 4! f l; A" z( R" _) F& g4 X5 }# M/ h
Sea Hurricane Ib x 8* d+ i4 P, O! Z6 z" q$ W& k6 R+ E1 Q2 I
Martlet II x 6
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: p. K, O2 o& M2 eAllied aircraft losses5 k4 o# p5 G" ?& U# R
Albacore I: 8 damaged
& C: ]+ g6 s0 p6 c$ H2 V1 | Albacore I: 1 destroyed by flak) o1 `7 @* Y1 x2 y7 H
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Japanese Ships
5 S/ u0 V* o+ h. p9 i BB Nagato, Torpedo hits 1, q, ]8 b9 `2 g! _4 I
BB Ise, Torpedo hits 1
8 V- k% K- M: @/ p+ K# k5 h# e/ c BB Yamashiro5 D6 U* S0 d q
BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 3
0 R* O# T; t: x6 v; N! c, z, d& b BB Mutsu |