AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 41
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$ M" \: n# w6 Y南太战场,日军登陆布因和芬夏范
0 y+ L! ~9 \3 M. R1 T+ H1 {; C8 G0 D南洋战场,日军登陆霍洛岛4 s" {* x2 F& [1 [2 \
马来战场,日军裸奔登陆丰盛港,新加坡空军出击,多有斩获+ H0 b; w m& O. S
大陆战场,派遣军降低香港城防至1级8 z! P4 k m0 N6 _' i; l) A
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) ?( J$ k2 ~2 t( [( Q$ U: yAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.; X, B8 i, s; ~) X4 g; r0 _! y
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes! @7 \" o) i' }$ c" H* ?0 U ^
0 F$ q5 \0 V+ `Allied aircraft. S L$ I' k: v. U' T" \* |
Blenheim I x 3
3 X3 r5 h& a( }8 [2 @" A8 V# M6 m 139WH-3 x 2
" X$ X2 ~* D, d4 O, X! f Hudson I x 3
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Allied aircraft losses
7 J8 o- _' o; J+ J& D( { Blenheim I: 1 damaged
( I5 J5 @5 o$ o3 \( Q9 ^, g Hudson I: 1 destroyed by flak
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, Y+ R+ N. F( X- vJapanese Ships
8 U5 B0 y. ?* L, o; A0 B, O% @ xAK Arima Maru
B9 j' f* g* q G6 y" i xAK Nissyu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires; B4 b9 ]# c2 K9 M8 [0 v
xAK Teiyo Maru6 k; g1 {7 u f4 H C& \. t
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Japanese ground losses:
5 J! D1 Q, b ~6 w' P% U6 | K% G 128 casualties reported
1 q0 a7 D8 [' S' |( Q$ ? Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 I+ {/ R; N0 p5 S
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
- d q+ s' z9 [' w0 A8 O Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled8 l$ C9 Q6 `6 r" O
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2 o5 s0 f3 R- D( z2 oAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
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# a, u+ W I6 c$ g) \Weather in hex: Moderate rain) D, _" l8 w: F- H
% S. k3 ~; W: W! T! H- |, LRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
0 b/ B- m5 N1 U9 i V9 ~" UEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
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Allied aircraft
( g# S$ `. T( Y* T# O0 k Blenheim IV x 4
% Z+ I6 D: x5 h7 B- i& g7 X' O Hudson I x 9
! j, x# Q, g* }* [% M: ^ Wirraway x 4
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q5 Z3 `3 i0 w wAllied aircraft losses# {9 P: P o% m4 A3 ^: N
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
% O, I; z" J4 ` a* F Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed by flak
' Y3 ~! j: H. e8 w1 ^/ J4 n. j6 V- j Hudson I: 1 damaged) d" A( d$ j/ a! o
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Japanese Ships
0 o n) z! Z: Y6 Q xAK Tatutaki Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
6 J8 k/ ?9 g: F4 d' Q# e' r) Z8 b xAK Nissyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
3 m( ^, e, b% w9 K) {% o xAK Mogamigawa Maru
- ]7 _4 N( h A xAK Arima Maru
3 ]' r7 u1 v3 _+ A- I xAK Kogyo Maru/ r& ^& H( e9 g: d, R$ d! i
* T" J; G7 M8 S6 i8 sJapanese ground losses:
0 G7 s" n/ ?; A) B* j! J$ Y" V 269 casualties reported
2 ]! l( ?* P: T. O! T* M9 J Squads: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled) b' B3 l: j9 }8 s3 L7 L# _/ b; |
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled( }. ~. Q. c2 K/ Z
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled# h9 ~' Z1 ^& [1 E) g* c p
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)( _0 H' r# d- ~, D( r& O
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; w5 [$ l4 W! ^9 Y6 W0 c I4 y; pAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,822 t( \: W! b" v C
& |1 ^* C% E& k& nWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
+ T8 H* d& B5 ~% \Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft# @( B" n7 l; n# ?
Vildebeest III x 9
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Allied aircraft losses
- v" F2 M, i. \: ?: @7 x Vildebeest III: 1 damaged6 V9 \' C( w2 I; u( x1 K7 ^
1 r% d% c8 f% k1 J4 y u HJapanese Ships! c6 O# R. N1 J: o* x% r+ I/ h
xAK Nissyu Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage8 v: K4 s5 N4 P. ^2 A4 H. G
xAK Naruto Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
+ ?6 n: ?/ @ }8 a xAK Mogamigawa Maru
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* f" T, c; p* P* AJapanese ground losses: _2 w6 {) e- O2 t
527 casualties reported7 W4 X# d9 e" M2 J! |8 v; o( j0 A. P; H
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
" X7 d. g7 ^) D6 r$ e% D9 v Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 16 disabled
# P' P: u# I+ {* X. j Engineers: 7 destroyed, 13 disabled
/ i' n) K, ?& Y, m Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)0 H& [5 M: @# a. C" a% E
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5 B P( [6 i% U! \' tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain
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Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.( S$ W" [5 A f
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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- F; J5 o ?0 O/ gAllied aircraft
: N5 O# s, I7 e+ t5 o9 I Swordfish I x 77 Q; v8 W* |# H
Vildebeest III x 8
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Allied aircraft losses
# v7 ]' g- i4 T" E8 V2 ^7 d. c: `% X Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed by flak+ o P/ P* y' d, p
0 Q* J; k8 K6 oJapanese Ships
7 Y/ T6 ]" j* q' g' r+ { xAK Koryu Maru
; k: q5 ~+ c( Z xAK Naruto Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
! I5 f% a- |; e# ] xAK Kokai Maru
+ H# }- Z b* B, S xAK Mogamigawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires; C9 C1 S. F1 E7 [: I9 m5 w
xAK Nankai Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk1 O0 ^; w+ y. k3 D+ E s( j* W
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 9 destroyed, 15 disabled
& i$ j& {* S1 r Non Combat: 48 destroyed, 44 disabled
H e3 T4 ~6 ^% E1 [ Engineers: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled
" n/ x- j0 q' I: ~3 x. h; y. T( @ Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)2 g) p2 q8 [8 m
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,826 G/ F7 G- h; j, J5 e
" F) {/ J( M( F$ s/ t' h. tWeather in hex: Moderate rain
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% A4 [( q( N7 w2 @& d# |5 RRaid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.2 g2 A' [) J+ w- _
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes4 ]# T+ C- D, U2 h; D* d( i
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Allied aircraft% ?8 F. c5 ~) L, `1 m
Blenheim I x 3) }( ?! s. `+ X
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Blenheim I: 1 damaged
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2 w# j: ?7 `4 S( ~0 `Japanese Ships+ a" r/ f2 L/ R$ Z5 a; Q5 H. T
xAK Arima Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, j0 W5 B. B: J* e/ W
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4 ]+ Y0 b! ]5 ?9 _! C# Y- c 149 casualties reported
?6 i" o& G) c5 V Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
+ {6 Q& m, N" F- X" b, T Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled9 v" z8 y* L1 |+ F. x3 `5 x
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82
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Weather in hex: Moderate rain: z6 p0 O( r5 X* @& _
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Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.0 s" c- e) S5 \" k; _! v N
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
, J5 M$ E% z/ W! Y Vildebeest III x 101 C; g; \8 X/ M" Q/ D
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No Allied losses1 d+ t( N$ S8 O* o! Q* m# u
6 Z+ {& l$ z f& g2 s5 pJapanese Ships
- y1 q- ?# }2 ^% x3 S* I: | xAK Yahiko Maru% ~2 a, Z. |& G* S. W
xAK Kokai Maru, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
' S/ E9 }- \2 a2 x xAK Noto Maru' Q) y9 ^9 S2 v0 \/ m% T5 O" w1 S1 A
( t- U9 G0 t! |9 b, N6 J) WJapanese ground losses:
2 T4 D3 v7 f: G6 f0 [8 `3 k" @+ ^ 1401 casualties reported* X) h. |$ i j+ e
Squads: 5 destroyed, 14 disabled
; g) d9 K: L( w; }: l Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 57 disabled' o; n# L) Q$ C, \: U
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
( Y( w* ?( Y1 ^( S- D0 ]) t Guns lost 55 (47 destroyed, 8 disabled)( x/ w% e6 i7 S! N2 Z
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) |