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。5 P) k6 G. m$ A0 p' \- V. Y E
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,385 @& P) S0 q- c5 w: b' U( m' T$ @
# X$ ~, X# M/ G4 x0 U" U/ IWeather in hex: Thunderstorms9 |9 _& g- ~2 @% z: X: E
# E% n- k6 n! B2 Y( nRaid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.6 h8 z# |6 R4 y- @
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes$ f$ X: K7 H# B K: c( z3 j9 ]* R6 {
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Japanese aircraft
" ~! V+ [( O7 l7 f; m: a0 } A6M2 Zero x 30- f! M" i# r& [* `: T
B5N1 Kate x 147 I5 U! K5 }3 h2 q J; i. g
B5N2 Kate x 120 e- T7 {& P8 q# O! U
D3A1 Val x 82 \& X- \* h# s6 E) _$ X
) H. X, k" p. ?2 {Allied aircraft
1 u# t X! @% H1 _) @; r Fulmar II x 18) K+ D# `7 I8 P
Sea Hurricane Ib x 25
% r3 s" A a( F, k3 \8 o Martlet II x 48
# f" v( ~- g1 ]0 U Hurricane I Trop x 1
) |8 {8 }4 s9 ^8 s; F5 O3 d Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
3 Z% ] M* F3 |# c% b6 V$ \ Hurricane IIb Trop x 12) h! l( L' P# R& J7 s( a$ [+ m
Mohawk IV x 2" _- s. {3 \$ Q7 A4 y, `
P-40E Warhawk x 5* H- I3 ?7 w3 d! Q
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Japanese aircraft losses. r6 _6 a3 S, b% ~, F j
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
2 u7 N; d: ]0 o: r B5N1 Kate: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged4 }, j; z+ Q+ {; Z) D
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed
4 M. A0 O7 X# x( O D3A1 Val: 6 destroyed, q' O3 f% f5 ~' c6 x& w/ m, s
5 n9 Q0 V5 I. y& i; IAllied aircraft losses. v2 n% ]) Y' E
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed# F: ]/ f7 h' {% S$ v5 o T& f
Sea Hurricane Ib: 2 destroyed$ D* G' q5 `; d i3 Z" M
Martlet II: 2 destroyed
- ~% z8 q9 K( u4 K0 W Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
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6 G8 D; [3 {9 M7 `- C. t X! xAllied Ships
$ J* l$ ^: w8 p CV Formidable4 B. |* \! A+ A. \% {
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Diamond Harbour at 51,384 f4 A* m; u2 t* F6 w# f" G8 ^
( `! D& h' [; I6 |* m- `3 BWeather in hex: Partial cloud9 R7 R: J* C# `7 S) |/ ?( X
6 r5 l- \& ~8 U. q; g( wRaid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
- l- `! ]& X$ s7 S. T$ {, JEstimated time to target is 30 minutes5 o, o' |0 I, ~; f) R
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Japanese aircraft
# x+ H$ J/ o% V+ {& i% Q A6M2 Zero x 18! \9 k" }- p% k. z5 ?6 ~" n. h4 U+ k
B5N1 Kate x 3" R& W8 ~! g( w3 J" R4 j. l
B5N2 Kate x 149 f! Z, C3 |0 s: P3 f( ^; l% v/ m: D
6 @' W6 L$ |8 eAllied aircraft! l& s0 R( `+ X; h) Z5 S5 M
Fulmar II x 17
* T) n9 Y2 Q1 g5 X Sea Hurricane Ib x 14( Y3 n3 ~: c/ S
Martlet II x 36* v) `8 B! k. U9 {% b( {8 s- k! r% F, V
Hurricane I Trop x 1 b! s0 v. o4 b0 y
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3
' e, Q* ~& c& s& G7 B Hurricane IIb Trop x 12
. \/ {/ c5 Z, Q Mohawk IV x 2
- I6 K5 u7 o: S+ W" z9 h( B5 P P-40E Warhawk x 4/ X0 X6 \& n0 I {( b3 s$ A
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Japanese aircraft losses
, ]6 ^" C4 z. Y9 L4 C' A A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed4 P6 i) y; c, I/ b8 s
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged& v8 l W2 n: r3 e
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
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, U h' d& l2 j# t$ f4 JAllied aircraft losses
# J+ A" V/ B& T1 W$ j/ T Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
6 j7 Z, a4 ?$ e Martlet II: 1 destroyed
% V# r* g+ v. ]+ f Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
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a$ L( m* z5 I$ L, j8 z5 A$ R; RAllied Ships
1 S, \, m+ `+ D9 M CVL Hermes( }, U/ Y9 R6 Q2 H" o
CL Dauntless- @9 e* x& T' z
CV Illustrious
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( n4 m# I( f; G6 m5 j0 }AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 18, 42, d, R/ C; h8 b8 @, c! A
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5 `. l- l& W: S1 _/ h) B7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。9 V! }% K9 J0 v
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7 E+ p' |$ I; c6 f) m- k/ b8 MAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 52,484 _- V5 s! P2 S+ ~# Z0 m& b5 Z
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain) _: a5 u2 }- G
- e, q! u( g/ K, BRaid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
) e9 R/ r8 H) k8 w% ZEstimated time to target is 8 minutes, ~0 z, k1 E) m6 K+ d1 w0 M& \* R
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Japanese aircraft
8 \& c a5 Y# j6 |2 M- v A6M2 Zero x 1; {% i+ A" c8 D" ~
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Allied aircraft6 B/ E' H4 @7 ~4 [3 c" S
Albacore I x 10
8 B! V8 l% i, f+ g! B3 k/ X l( J- a Fulmar II x 4
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P% z. Z( J8 {/ X. B- ]No Japanese losses
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2 b1 ^3 r: T+ [9 HAllied aircraft losses8 u# P& y7 ]; Q- P: Y
Albacore I: 5 damaged
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6 e0 |5 n3 Z$ r- O, H( eJapanese Ships4 D+ p* q5 Z+ S( |0 I' X
BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 1
: M, a' T3 `7 |: k4 i1 X" z BB Yamashiro, E& Q% B9 @, r \
BB Mutsu
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45
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+ M1 H+ M* T- Y, `, i! \Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.( g# u+ i9 R& N1 j4 V( |2 }
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes* ?' D& C& d& ?6 l. P/ ~
. W7 v1 O) `% w/ j: e( V: d, yJapanese aircraft
, d* q" d# k5 ^+ y* U' m- L9 V0 W Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9) q) p [2 t+ x+ i. ^
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
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Allied aircraft
$ \) X5 } N. B7 p# q, | Albacore I x 33! u* P8 _2 x- S/ z V; S+ S' i4 h( N
Swordfish I x 7
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6 j: m8 r K# X( s- `/ T' C9 YNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses
% a& n$ C( `5 d" p7 r Albacore I: 6 destroyed, 9 damaged5 C# L. u5 y; E( b" W2 H
Swordfish I: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
$ x% l. y6 Q6 ]8 R) l6 @ Swordfish I: 1 destroyed by flak
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6 ~" y+ W1 G0 I5 r: E8 u/ wJapanese Ships( [& o: a' a% n) K `& n7 z, ~
xAK Kikukawa Maru
3 j+ Q6 e8 o1 {. p/ m% l$ q xAK Keisho Maru
% S, J: s% I" ^6 k DD Hayashio3 M( T0 O, B( J7 \( Z, L
DD Yukikaze
6 U( G! _, p6 l7 ^! j DD Maikaze! Z( v5 j7 f# Z0 z
DD Natsushio3 ~/ ~) G4 }% q! @, s
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 19, 421 O3 z1 |) B. e8 O; p
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$ `( I$ h, @* K! {9 b7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。* Y; e% H5 b" g' G! ]& K- N
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 5,000 Yards( n s% |4 D9 B0 _, `
( U! l$ d% H( @6 m, v0 qJapanese Ships
5 g6 G/ a! e e DD Natsushio, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
( x5 K6 J6 E l# h* Y% N DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1( q3 |6 y0 R9 |/ w) |- B: a
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1, x9 v7 L- o0 h) t `# i
DD Maikaze' Q8 Z; f7 L. K {
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Allied Ships
, Z+ F, D! @! x7 w BB Resolution, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire1 d5 Y1 |1 y( L. n3 b2 |
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
/ A: {' m X9 d5 S' ~0 K% O CL Birmingham0 n, @& V3 A5 w; z H
CL Newcastle, Shell hits 1
$ w1 s5 c# O$ i. p/ O* l) d8 K DD Fortune
2 ~7 `8 j/ k8 ?5 H3 O) ~ DD Griffin, Shell hits 1- M" I" m" b3 ?, o
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 6,000 Yards, C: J8 M( z9 x& ~* w [6 z: R
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Japanese Ships
8 p3 _* A3 e; O. e AK Kaga Maru# [0 }5 x! y1 Y+ l4 S
xAK Fushimi Maru
2 o R: Y( E5 ]# B4 C1 J2 e! \; Q xAK Kamikaze Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire$ j! d7 C. _7 Q" w( N# L' a
xAK Ginyo Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
8 I0 |# p5 @* q9 {7 e4 G& ~$ j+ B xAK Africa Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
2 v! Z8 y; V: [4 o xAK Arabia Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
9 I4 ], [, Q4 S9 D2 ? xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
! K* t0 b# K" m; b" W9 S, H% r xAK Mikage Maru, Shell hits 1
: E% D" }* C2 A k xAK Kikukawa Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire
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Allied Ships
! d( K$ G, J2 g! S# u, V BB Resolution, Shell hits 1, on fire* I* ^# j* V3 \, L7 y
CA Exeter% V: m7 {+ Y: i" U
CL Birmingham1 A& e, R% h' f* t3 {8 \! ^
CL Newcastle
0 h. o% {+ u/ M* e DD Fortune5 [+ }! @! B" N& g
DD Griffin
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Japanese ground losses:
6 Z0 c3 w) P! g( a, W 2769 casualties reported
/ g' `2 ^3 K0 G( L: t) b Squads: 29 destroyed, 10 disabled8 d+ F( Z; A. s8 O' m/ c
Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 73 disabled
, d% G: f/ F+ ^1 v4 w, r7 V Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 X3 O2 \; y+ X$ U, L& i9 H! ^; Y. R Guns lost 18 (14 destroyed, 4 disabled)
6 c3 {& \) h( h) [2 ?* P! |, G Vehicles lost 27 (19 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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+ m8 w& g; z/ U* c9 R" N) \Night Naval bombardment of Cox's Bazar at 54,43# ^7 N& h" V) r0 M
" {2 s" u$ H; eJapanese aircraft. W; M3 V! T6 U
no flights7 X f; Z3 p4 s
4 S7 s( l' P% |. i3 x: `% s( eJapanese aircraft losses
0 _& W+ \" u6 {4 P/ t Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
& h6 M0 s% S& C7 { Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
( X' w; D& @ F+ E8 s) b Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged
" r/ ~, @& X4 p7 G- N Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground* Z+ U4 H, {7 b# Q
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BB Royal Sovereign
9 O) d0 Y5 M3 @$ e. h CA Dorsetshire
' ^" t/ v2 d3 b- d; @3 i. _; @: r CL Glasgow& m, i" J/ a6 A, T% f# R/ _9 p
CL Ceres! }' D0 H! @2 k6 f$ s
1 R$ y( E4 X- E0 `% u3 {2 T, P/ S) G) FJapanese ground losses:6 a% K6 n0 \/ D
129 casualties reported E- l H- v/ C9 i, g. T
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
4 X7 L% ~7 ~/ o+ v( ` Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
2 @7 @- B% t0 p' q. L1 i Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 F$ y5 p, v* N; \ Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)/ M+ ^8 X) Y6 o7 F9 n6 o' N
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Airbase hits 2
& e" v# |; Z( p) i; `2 b8 iRunway hits 10" s: q* v: p/ E' f. ?% C: X
Port hits 6
8 i. H& r ]2 l. b5 n4 }; t: JPort fuel hits 1/ Q: g2 V, r8 j/ A$ V1 F- c
Port supply hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Akyab at 54,45
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BB Ramillies0 @/ I, ]: d) _) @: l5 J4 |
CA Devonshire
& g, H. }5 Z3 Z l CL Enterprise
) _, @* F% V. X' b CL Hobart8 X) B2 E e! Q" l) m4 z. }7 i7 P! e
& k" l5 U0 d9 {6 X f$ G- `Japanese ground losses:2 H; J. {" d& y! M2 c7 q
585 casualties reported
" d/ Q- [+ w& F9 }9 B* { Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
) _9 q- r) r+ q! I$ @: c Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 17 disabled: h- V5 q$ G1 @+ J* z
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled
; X% D4 `5 \9 R. d1 s+ I/ {- ?3 Y. f Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)# ~( t1 {" W. g# J$ K
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)2 k% _7 }& ~+ }. a
% S8 A" c$ F+ tManpower hits 3
4 k8 B8 m$ Q2 a. u( z2 H% XFires 575
Z7 n- o1 y: q1 iAirbase hits 49 C$ S( `( r3 m3 \" E
Runway hits 17
/ i6 W- e. c( y# zPort hits 5
8 z; ^+ j/ w8 J$ n, n H3 Q/ V8 TPort supply hits 1! _ l( _# Z% ]/ k
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 13,000 Yards
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DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
: d+ [1 Z$ s& i- o& y DD Hayashio, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
) X; \1 B6 V. `6 x$ H DD Maikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage; b* S9 f' g: R9 ~% R' z0 c' X
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Allied Ships
8 `; U; a: T' T; F5 ~ BB Resolution, Shell hits 1
- H2 R; V! g% T# V( \0 { CA Exeter
( @6 d: E; c+ m' {: o CL Birmingham
3 e: e2 m5 i% Z$ V9 \ CL Newcastle
+ }% P2 k% B' R0 ?0 r; a4 m DD Fortune, Shell hits 2
8 D5 |+ A' ^( R7 `0 f- k+ d DD Griffin, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage3 d, } l3 @1 O. \; j
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* c5 c2 R' n8 \0 C9 @6 H( t, M9 mAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 20, 42 O5 K6 e, U6 O7 |0 i$ u% f7 u1 A1 D
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+ t9 h% v( K: A7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. F+ A0 X" O% O4 R
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6 ]& Q$ ~9 A( O3 H+ hAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Bassein at 52,507 j- [% {+ c) K9 ]! Z
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Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
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4 C* p) m4 J" I& L) ^Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.! ^$ I4 g2 E6 D; }
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
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/ J5 F4 y, N, ^8 g: vAllied aircraft
' N# ~* G A* B5 B8 u, ], f Albacore I x 31% R# a; k% r9 a6 A" f) u
Fulmar II x 4
) I y. D2 x- r# M. b Sea Hurricane Ib x 8
" n/ T+ m* _7 T+ m l Martlet II x 61 f- |' u, ~4 e" w( u. |+ _
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0 ~! F% x% p1 Z% K, N& f( V Albacore I: 8 damaged9 \8 K& [) H7 T% w- i2 H
Albacore I: 1 destroyed by flak
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BB Nagato, Torpedo hits 1. B) X+ p- ]% D5 X/ V
BB Ise, Torpedo hits 17 h m+ l: V1 ~9 J( ~
BB Yamashiro. [( A" b q0 o& y; g3 A2 M- J
BB Hyuga, Torpedo hits 3" e3 S) q7 F1 G) b& R% q
BB Mutsu |