AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 17, 42
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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。/ k8 ?- e/ _6 C
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3 A( ^4 ]# j, L6 ~8 w# ^Morning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,38! C T j @! H9 b; t
4 U7 |) `" ]! y A, G, DWeather in hex: Thunderstorms5 @4 k4 m: l8 s& I1 }4 ^0 |6 f4 N
7 t. u/ o! y P2 q& WRaid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
! d: E1 c% A; D" mEstimated time to target is 28 minutes, K2 ]# r# l* A, H* p6 {' s
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Japanese aircraft2 m+ G/ z8 I1 k
A6M2 Zero x 303 r+ l0 u3 t0 u8 }4 _. W
B5N1 Kate x 14( a3 h/ F. w; g0 t) ]1 Y' n0 Y
B5N2 Kate x 127 g3 G2 U9 [4 l( X2 d4 \5 Z* h$ p5 x
D3A1 Val x 83 \8 {: Y. @( h& n8 w" b6 m
) [: O3 G, {/ _. o# V7 R9 _/ k1 E; k: `Allied aircraft
. L1 q8 k$ w' c1 m( I; E! x k7 Q Fulmar II x 18
2 q; e0 u$ f5 N* B: X Sea Hurricane Ib x 25
3 E" ^: |6 _! d' ]/ p5 e ` Martlet II x 48
* K/ g+ a/ H: O& u5 y Hurricane I Trop x 1
5 v* a" W y. d0 v k( {; a Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
* p& u2 \3 Y" U( C* \ Hurricane IIb Trop x 12( s7 S/ l2 @7 H' r7 ?1 @
Mohawk IV x 2
; G7 o8 J& z; W N' W- m P-40E Warhawk x 53 [! E. V* D# O( v1 @
: }3 U8 F6 l8 \2 q7 R" ]8 k( J: w0 jJapanese aircraft losses9 Q6 ?- E- X& F" q7 ^+ y
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
" H/ c6 W! L+ [! o$ w1 G B5N1 Kate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged6 @3 Z& a8 Z w$ k. n- B& q7 Y* f
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed
o7 H' b. |2 a D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses
+ L- J2 ^1 r/ }( r; z, `; @% q Fulmar II: 1 destroyed* N# m% L+ U4 d% [8 p
Sea Hurricane Ib: 2 destroyed8 ]+ D; w+ U$ a* u1 H
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
# L; c, S6 \2 u0 \# B Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed; I2 C% d3 n2 z$ P7 Z+ X! p' B1 O2 @) j
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Allied Ships
! A* ]$ X; b4 x/ [) K: q CV Formidable, F4 W1 G) I. x" s
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,38
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud$ g: j! p' _( a& ^ @
2 l: v- I9 X$ C4 R6 B+ mRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
% A8 g7 S: a5 W% ]& sEstimated time to target is 30 minutes! f# J7 m& F, _% z
% W; H1 v3 \# d' q0 a1 WJapanese aircraft
, _) J9 Y# @( N& F* J) g! _/ } A6M2 Zero x 18
8 v3 t! E* O% `. ] B5N1 Kate x 3$ E1 m5 p9 Q! ^2 p1 Y" P6 S1 ~. z9 C
B5N2 Kate x 14
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E& R$ z i8 uAllied aircraft
8 [9 U; K. g" |& q' b Fulmar II x 17
3 m4 J( O8 u, \ V c- [+ {+ j Sea Hurricane Ib x 145 M: m( O2 V* T* k) N
Martlet II x 36" i+ E4 a |' g- Q6 S
Hurricane I Trop x 1) w( |0 l: ]% P, V& x
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
" L4 L' c7 s. `8 s8 f Hurricane IIb Trop x 12$ b- j( k+ n$ ?, R
Mohawk IV x 26 p% \% Z; j7 _+ L' Z4 T+ l7 H3 W
P-40E Warhawk x 4
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Japanese aircraft losses, o5 {: Z/ H1 C! y5 I
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
. O9 [. w' O! @# e" B: C2 e B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
1 |! b( j) d) A7 Z1 P* Y B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged0 a) n, g- x8 O# U& x- v, m
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Allied aircraft losses
8 o5 r. q# E+ E+ C: G Fulmar II: 1 destroyed6 Z6 |2 _5 t7 f
Martlet II: 1 destroyed
1 g A0 q7 {6 u Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed4 D) c! r( D9 U O7 c# l
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CVL Hermes+ z$ @ z% D: j! F/ \ W
CL Dauntless
( u% Z2 V [* b1 {3 P CV Illustrious
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d) ]3 ^7 a4 U7 e% m0 L' h3 tAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 18, 42: ^5 O' i2 i7 f/ k* N. {! R
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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。2 P' z& u% R8 G+ O4 w1 R
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,48& @7 u9 q5 N1 N+ B; S3 Q" j
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
- o0 Z: ~/ M- ~( rEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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4 x. F1 N7 M* Y; s( sJapanese aircraft# J ~' L7 U! t: v' _
A6M2 Zero x 1
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Allied aircraft" y: ?: p# B3 g& n: f/ |7 x+ @
Albacore I x 10, ?! m& q6 l+ |3 I
Fulmar II x 41 O) y3 q& z% b
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No Japanese losses4 C4 p2 [5 |( H2 g( ^( f) S# i$ W0 W9 T
/ c# b5 q; w2 |Allied aircraft losses
0 G2 B7 E6 D+ c* ^! b* p Albacore I: 5 damaged
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Japanese Ships
- h. P% U: u! k; Y BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 1( U" _2 U. H* ]& \1 H
BB Yamashiro
9 s% P" d' K# A/ O. V: h4 ]7 T7 B7 H BB Mutsu- o ^: ?$ r4 p/ a
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0 Q' M; c9 G9 j* X. m. T( iAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45 N% u( I$ a$ `5 E
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud; P3 @* [! {: L, [ ?. D1 R
* s$ }: D8 G2 P% f* yRaid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.$ X$ W/ z9 B+ H( I9 T
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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1 x- w8 d" u+ S- NJapanese aircraft
- ?( d. e) A3 T Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 98 _% }! P' B- P
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4( L7 H' N+ }$ N0 A, C8 u
1 Z9 q2 v) q; FAllied aircraft0 U5 Z8 F( w4 H& O6 M) n
Albacore I x 33
. ~6 G) J* d; a Swordfish I x 7/ {! l- ^8 O* I i8 ]+ E) |
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No Japanese losses1 j8 _, x( n5 K% f/ v( j1 H% f
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Allied aircraft losses
, e& i1 z& h; E Albacore I: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged
* M8 l" K. ]: ?) N8 J7 i Swordfish I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged! F$ K8 L- W4 ~# N, F( q
Swordfish I: 1 destroyed by flak
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: Q4 N* W; @7 ~- n% y) l2 f( kJapanese Ships
; v# r( `- b$ K6 `: t% _& Q8 D xAK Kikukawa Maru7 I u1 J! ?) B' i
xAK Keisho Maru
; O( U7 }% E8 E% `* Z/ T+ e DD Hayashio% c+ `7 {1 p7 ^* p( q& U# h
DD Yukikaze9 d6 V& _! j; Q Z# {9 M
DD Maikaze8 k+ A- W+ L3 d, c( r
DD Natsushio6 `" k. O5 O9 f, k
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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。9 n1 \8 V* ]2 [1 Q4 Y
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 5,000 Yards
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Japanese Ships
+ @( y8 \6 R" z3 i: o& n3 v DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
; {, D/ l, M* N DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1$ C2 f/ X8 v, P
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1
* g: F' O3 V7 C* o$ S DD Maikaze
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Allied Ships5 e7 b" W1 i( p7 ~$ y# l$ N
BB Resolution, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
' g' e4 U) o1 ?* K% \" P! d/ r. u CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
- [: t* g8 `$ `3 y CL Birmingham3 y* D0 m. \$ P* ?( {5 L9 R4 w
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1: @" `9 I) v9 H9 \
DD Fortune6 e- k- @) Y h) f! ]4 t
DD Griffin, Shell hits 14 V p q. J' {. Y
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 6,000 Yards( x% A) J- L. {$ y6 |, j% W5 S
' |' r4 Q4 [, Q/ ~7 nJapanese Ships
3 {# u& {" e& [1 d2 K AK Kaga Maru
# ^# _, B; R f! J$ w- c/ C xAK Fushimi Maru0 ~. Z5 z) w {3 L } N
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire
( w8 t& h) z4 Q" k xAK Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
, V4 n( F7 X) E# Q7 e! Z xAK Africa Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk; z& Q! J: N1 @& w
xAK Arabia Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
}+ ~) u$ w$ X$ v7 F4 x" q xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
7 h# E7 y }- a2 [6 t xAK Mikage Maru, Shell hits 1
9 ^: f* j' l5 w A xAK Kikukawa Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire
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7 O; v4 j. T- t5 ^2 jAllied Ships
) D8 e! e9 L; I1 D, S. U BB Resolution, Shell hits 1, on fire
$ B) u o `4 Y g2 N; D M% f CA Exeter K; }# }# d; @, H/ J9 d
CL Birmingham- U+ c# l' u! n- r0 G; K
CL Newcastle
& v6 B1 E5 ?# C% s* [1 `4 n5 v DD Fortune1 @, i* l, D5 A, O9 b
DD Griffin
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! v& J7 X) ^# KJapanese ground losses:
) j( Y/ n$ x0 G" K q 2769 casualties reported
0 ^3 u$ Y# G( [, Q% b2 F7 W6 I- Q" P Squads: 29 destroyed, 10 disabled
! i$ a" i. f) K5 k b, f Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 73 disabled
1 ?! ~- v( j( G" e2 D Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- Y/ @8 r% y8 e5 c1 w' o6 k
Guns lost 18 (14 destroyed, 4 disabled)# r4 }- \) i1 Y- G- c9 `7 |1 ]
Vehicles lost 27 (19 destroyed, 8 disabled)7 Z/ p8 E* |" ?! H) g- H3 `: S
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Night Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,43
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3 E" L1 V' T) o, b7 M3 n3 C1 }Japanese aircraft losses
2 w, X0 u' b, Z4 | Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged7 q: y2 A/ q0 y1 ^+ |) A5 z
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
! y" {* `$ i) @ Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged
3 X' P( u3 L8 T- X- i m. e Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground0 d/ K1 G$ i9 J/ u) W+ ^& e! A0 W# x
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Allied Ships: B* O' L( F3 ? G' {
BB Royal Sovereign. K6 j$ v) Q$ z! W( }' l
CA Dorsetshire
) C5 d3 \" Y Z( U2 A CL Glasgow
2 u# k& D3 f! ]' k" m CL Ceres5 m! ^% j4 k+ p7 L
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Japanese ground losses:( \* v; Z$ p+ Y) g1 \
129 casualties reported4 l7 Q% S8 V, N" j b) z! s1 m
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 ~7 p' G) s5 u Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
( J$ g* P5 ^9 R$ H. N! K Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 W& R3 |7 n% F
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
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Airbase hits 2
. g" ]. F( d$ n* ]Runway hits 10% n0 G" n# H0 h' L, b
Port hits 62 @$ g2 q" [0 n; J' K# C
Port fuel hits 1
9 u' C8 \2 U M0 j% s3 D1 ?Port supply hits 1
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1 t# Q' T/ E0 vNight Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45
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Allied Ships3 }) s8 t2 v8 b9 ^: K5 B# [
BB Ramillies8 W1 G1 ^8 Q) U- R( T
CA Devonshire2 i, }3 C3 O o9 W0 \# q( [
CL Enterprise7 }* m5 u+ r2 l
CL Hobart7 ^* H% W# v- E
6 b _( \; s8 s3 S E$ U, iJapanese ground losses:5 H$ ?- a9 g6 O5 Z
585 casualties reported
0 U/ ^' u/ }& N% @* \" ]1 B5 m Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled% B) k3 A* y/ z0 o. r2 Z
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 17 disabled/ S- X7 t7 p7 N7 M2 ?
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled3 j V5 t! c+ O" y$ Q
Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)
7 z$ C: U( U7 J Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)- W; }/ k& S+ ^9 l/ e. u7 _
* _% g& \6 J6 |Manpower hits 31 ~. Z# N1 `0 i! |& u
Fires 575
3 F' A' U& _5 c6 Y7 ?( Z) t1 W UAirbase hits 4" s0 d* r: R- j. R' B0 G( N
Runway hits 17; w; N9 d! X& E, g3 ^
Port hits 5
/ P7 ^, d; Q) |2 G2 GPort supply hits 1
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 13,000 Yards7 R, L! x1 d0 X' {
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Japanese Ships
0 l) l) {0 z8 L: b DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire Z% X# P, V k/ j T; [5 j2 k
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage4 H) R7 R7 E2 `0 d6 n
DD Maikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
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- ^$ q% ?$ `# L4 G/ |3 h2 C2 YAllied Ships
& o- U; `, `8 R# ^2 V BB Resolution, Shell hits 1
( I, X0 ~8 ~; v5 u; h; { CA Exeter( b# [ N! b7 P& g
CL Birmingham
! L, Y. Y6 h6 u+ G1 ^. | CL Newcastle7 V9 J2 e3 p: `1 j. n
DD Fortune, Shell hits 2 g4 s1 O% `- s" }7 k5 a1 u
DD Griffin, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
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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$ v: s1 U+ f( R l: [8 c5 C9 w1 ^
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bassein at 52,50
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) K7 E5 W0 X' WWeather in hex: Heavy cloud! ^+ s, A; T* L5 ^# K6 h
9 W! d9 o. U" h# q! MRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
. f2 [9 b6 ^7 M9 I2 \: V8 NEstimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Allied aircraft3 ~: o$ B U8 Q( [
Albacore I x 31
9 n, A7 r, T. G+ I Fulmar II x 4! \' k! E8 x7 p Y' I
Sea Hurricane Ib x 8% l( F, R4 s/ C. N
Martlet II x 6
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. F, e; y/ V3 w& x Albacore I: 8 damaged3 u; p/ \; P8 |4 u7 o
Albacore I: 1 destroyed by flak6 x; {8 A5 J& M- d( c5 e9 z, Z
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Japanese Ships
) I0 S/ a( m9 z5 K0 W2 @+ Z- I BB Nagato, Torpedo hits 17 j. M5 [- G/ ]3 J7 b
BB Ise, Torpedo hits 12 P3 e/ z( R! m
BB Yamashiro, ^: B$ n' m0 J7 i
BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 3
4 d: C+ Y0 b' _% Z. B BB Mutsu |