The last fight of the KB!
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With several enemy carrier formations moving in from Marcus Island the KB is trapped. 9 M1 G, |. e' u4 r
I gambled on that Andy would be moving after the KB – not staying in the exact same area we attacked yesterday. Unfortunately our last strike was another grossly uncoordinated strikes with all escorts and 8 bombers in one raid and the bombers in another.
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In a way I’m glad I don’t have to worry about the KB anymore, it’s good to have as a fleet in being from 1944-45 – but the results are usually very disappointing. : y5 g) t# U3 i* @
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The Taiho is only moderately damaged and can manage 20 knots.She will retire with the 2 seaplane tenders. One of the Shokaku’s can still make 9 knots, but I doubt she’ll make it. ; h: ~5 t* ~4 s; r8 ~. E7 P
All other ships but a cvl are scuttled.
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2 l2 E- p* ^1 o, BJapanese aircraft
4 D' c2 w/ Z+ ^2 t3 r6 r1 z5 NA6M2-N Rufe x 8
1 J+ j% g% N) N' M1 K( A5 D$ KA6M5 Zeke x 85
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* }0 N9 X& x+ o- p* iAllied aircraft ' B( i# ~" V/ v2 L3 e7 l9 _
FM-2 Wildcat x 24 / A0 Z# c7 B4 [8 P: {
F6F Hellcat x 120
4 o% e' z. R3 X8 c% Q. bF4U-1 Corsair x 5 - Z2 z; t. t: j/ X; s
F4U-1D Corsair x 16
' U' t8 V4 ]0 |: L. MCorsair IV x 5 : B& v! Y: a1 Q. w3 i7 c S& }
SB2C Helldiver x 84
# J9 K3 F0 u( s' Q2 gTBM Avenger x 48 5 f2 S) n1 J! L. l u. N: h( L
, p& b2 [$ `% F5 ?& e1 MJapanese aircraft losses 7 A% f, r, g" `, E$ n% r$ j
A6M2-N Rufe: 8 destroyed
* s) I& c! W6 m& m8 ^7 T( HA6M5 Zeke: 84 destroyed
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Allied aircraft losses 4 ~* J( I7 g. d
FM-2 Wildcat: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged & s1 z5 c* B y I4 y! j- I
F6F Hellcat: 20 destroyed, 7 damaged 1 o7 I, z! c& \
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged % N0 L3 X% ]& D/ I* w8 c
F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
7 v/ p) m6 X5 K& l. iSB2C Helldiver: 4 destroyed, 23 damaged + M: p2 B8 \ U1 Y
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 28 damaged 7 l. N& X6 n1 {) Z' ^
5 D; H w0 j6 U2 }/ iJapanese Ships
2 o7 @$ I L! {9 |( I T/ `CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, on fire
0 d3 Y8 f4 K3 n. w4 L$ t: p* sCV Katsuragi, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
' m8 v; l- \0 M k9 i# Q, }: i1 _CVL Ryuho, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage 6 o4 @; C/ U" F! O3 ?# H
CVL Chiyoda, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
/ ~7 t9 |6 T4 y4 VCV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 12, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage J, V/ Y. f* k) D) y+ s* o
CV Taiho, Torpedo hits 1 2 x! |& V+ |9 J/ _5 Z
CVL Ibuki, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage 3 f4 c1 r( n, `$ J. u: l
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Allied aircraft
0 G, N, @/ u4 O7 Z3 b1 D- dFM-2 Wildcat x 9
1 }; v- R, r% b2 T+ b+ z* yTBM Avenger x 12 ) {4 U- D. S5 s) [
: ?9 y# D5 n( W5 i& y! K- h iAllied aircraft losses
* p: l# Z* q: Z+ g& i4 hTBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
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CV Zuikaku, on fire, heavy damage
- ^& Y9 X5 _4 }7 X8 L1 VCV Taiho, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 69,54
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Allied aircraft 2 r- C+ ? b8 Z( p
FM-2 Wildcat x 6
5 ]7 u2 r# K' |/ Y% @TBM Avenger x 12
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Allied aircraft losses ' D! e; m% m0 Y0 _3 E
TBM Avenger: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged % H# q$ E1 e( G: r
/ }& e1 e# }# p6 M) E: bJapanese Ships
" L! `8 r9 C% hCVL Chiyoda, on fire, heavy damage
! u p; \* I- V! |/ D' i1 {CV Taiho, on fire
, ]/ S+ J$ \% R! B4 E# D8 R1 FCV Shokaku, on fire ( S5 C8 O) A8 K7 n* \
CVL Ryuho, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage " ?! S, ~4 I, a# }& r' j: R
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Allied aircraft
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) r+ i6 v) B. a, R" u7 ?TBM Avenger x 5 ' U% _' F5 i5 x I$ @+ y! I: Q( G H
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Allied aircraft losses
/ O2 T* d- v) J4 Y2 d7 wTBM Avenger: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships
7 A4 N/ W6 _! k2 S4 f/ N: D/ U9 ~CVL Ryuho, on fire, heavy damage 5 u6 Q6 f/ D3 C( U
CV Shokaku, on fire
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( B C( K0 s: z/ u1 gAllied aircraft $ s% |+ y: I0 m8 _: ^1 Q9 T) H+ u
F6F Hellcat x 3
$ t" C$ a! T% T/ ]: TF4U-1 Corsair x 6
& ^; ]$ I5 t. |9 ESB2C Helldiver x 11
5 w/ A+ M/ e) S2 BTBM Avenger x 17 2 @5 k4 {2 p; k( ?) a; t' i8 h+ c8 @
3 }4 p4 l8 Z; R+ l) v! m3 jAllied aircraft losses
. v; l9 r# x* @SB2C Helldiver: 3 damaged " g; r/ o) j% }) q
TBM Avenger: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged
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) P R: o" Y Y# B; yJapanese Ships 1 P- D! D# `9 ^4 O. @. G
CVL Chiyoda, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage , P0 j( o8 z& _# O
CV Zuikaku, on fire, heavy damage 7 W) f- B) A) Y1 O6 d7 f
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
: ?' { j$ O9 \% z' jCV Taiho, on fire
- Z* w& O- [1 ]9 L0 a0 d1 NCVL Ibuki, on fire, heavy damage |
发表于 2007-2-4 11:42
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