AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 42' H1 l8 h& U0 O6 s
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, X }4 c" q( c4 X- q7 e8 Y' n缅甸大空战,日军纠集了陆海航各类战斗机扫场仰光,轰炸机跟进,结果被直掩的飞虎队打出翔$ u( }' _1 Y8 P6 f2 M
锡兰大空战,kB分队和miniKB悍然空袭科伦坡港,企图制造PH事件西方版,结果被直掩的各类飓风海飓风打出翔,港内中弹的不屈号航母事后发现漆都没蹭掉。6 g# O; t7 {: f# J
两场空战击落敌战斗机40余架,各类轰炸机100余架,我方战斗机损失仅为个位数,盟军取得空战辉煌胜利/ M: S+ o3 n: @% O/ }3 z* o; m
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 0 o/ {7 ]4 _' I2 ~+ i
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Weather in hex: Overcast6 L8 Y9 n* T: k# T
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Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.! k, n. j& d/ y2 Y6 T+ }5 o! r
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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Japanese aircraft/ A& C2 U6 |4 |2 O2 j/ |1 r; m+ D
A6M2 Zero x 32
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, a2 w$ B4 l* z4 g# _5 k: ~ H81-A3 x 26
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Japanese aircraft losses
/ ?9 Y+ b }' O I! b$ e. m$ @; ] A6M2 Zero: 11 destroyed
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' \3 |- R/ p1 U9 N% q8 FMorning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 & f; i- E" c7 x( @* |' q
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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2 Y& o" B% F8 [, h4 L$ g+ g, T# n2 iRaid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.& ]9 A; M' H9 f7 `8 B5 x
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
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Japanese aircraft( k+ i# y( ~" z4 w
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9) y4 Z! E- r" N" l Z( i) k
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H81-A3 x 17 N- x* o7 b% X( X: T, z
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Japanese aircraft losses& j- |" u4 x, C5 Z; P* K
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
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H81-A3: 1 destroyed- p8 P8 K- T6 E$ d
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1 j: |, w% N- T. H+ MMorning Air attack on 104th RAF Base Force, at 54,53 (Rangoon)4 U, b' _4 N, z3 [
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Weather in hex: Overcast
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Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet." n7 T- E/ W, |" c- o- }" K
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes6 u0 y- R$ K8 ]5 g5 H
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Japanese aircraft# h& ^4 x- o) k8 I) \5 d B$ I
G3M2 Nell x 8
$ C& K. s# w4 N% j G4M1 Betty x 20
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Allied aircraft
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Japanese aircraft losses
- R" E& @% c6 f0 p/ k b8 V G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
0 ~, p* Y: G8 N G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
3 Y. v& R% ]) |% `! x6 _7 n G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged ?9 S9 p: J& Z% b* w/ e
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
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No Allied losses- L2 N& d# ^) \! V1 {; A) E: C2 p5 N% P ~
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Allied ground losses:
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T5 S3 c' A6 \! {; `0 N5 o! ~ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 L6 d# |" s, `. S Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled) i8 n/ Y7 S {6 t% \2 ?; e0 F; \' C7 D
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled / G- H6 M& m$ _# G8 K P Z
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0 h9 v. \: f6 v% PMorning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48 * E: ]. E- Q4 ~% I; k u
) X; ?( o5 G$ fWeather in hex: Heavy cloud
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+ F+ o7 p' U: sRaid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.- X/ V" i, M! p+ d( {9 u
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
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$ I0 l- @6 {# ^) l9 Z( B8 gJapanese aircraft
h5 C" d0 ?& { A6M2 Zero x 52" ^7 Q- }: l# t- j
B5N2 Kate x 25
4 ?0 p$ t; N- n' [ D3A1 Val x 759 p9 u8 s& B9 I T
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Allied aircraft
7 t& H: H! M! Y5 p' T' z Fulmar II x 33
. L: S( @) _1 @, R Sea Hurricane Ib x 10, z/ {( M* J2 H5 v6 r
Hurricane I Trop x 15
! |4 R' o' t d! R& u6 h Hurricane IIa Trop x 16' j% {. W/ `* [# s
Hurricane IIb Trop x 32
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A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
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B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak5 \2 z- @/ T3 k( R* z; q+ i% c; M) M. n
D3A1 Val: 15 destroyed, 14 damaged( Y" \7 s4 s, i! d
D3A1 Val: 13 destroyed by flak
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Allied aircraft losses# z3 `9 } _5 H+ L3 w
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed
# n9 F& B2 @5 e$ e Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
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* b7 r$ K% z: J5 T* eAllied Ships
: \6 v/ N# }% N, i `% }: T) E CV Indomitable, Bomb hits 3
! Q( d O& j6 h! D4 v xAK Singu, Bomb hits 11 M. ^: y. l# Z* G0 G8 U% W
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