Damnit, Starfury! I'm blaming this on you. For seven years, I've had the idea of doing this AAR, but decided not to because of time issues. Then you post the photo of the USS Cassin and USS Downes in drydock on 7 December 1941...... I strongly doubt I'll be unable to finish this, but here goes. The only good thing about this is it will allow me to accomplish my lifetime ambition of firing Douglas MacArthur in 1941.....
The Pearl Harbor attack wasn't too bad. No BBs lost (yet). A lot of aircraft damaged on the ground, but nothing too bad. Here's the butcher's bill...
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 26 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 25 damaged
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 119 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 8 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 49 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 14 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 45 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 5 destroyed on ground
P-40B Tomahawk: 51 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 4 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 15 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 38 damaged
SBD-1 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 14 damaged
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 17 damaged
A-20A Havoc: 3 destroyed on ground
R3D-2: 1 damaged
R3D-2: 1 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 24 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
C-33: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
DM Gamble
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
CM Oglala, Bomb hits 1
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 7, on fire
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1
CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Patterson, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD MacDonough, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Tautog, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1
AV Curtiss, Bomb hits 1
Losses are SS Tautog, DD Conyngham and DD Patterson and AVD William B. Preston and AMc Crossbill The base isn't too badly damaged: Airbase hits 43,Airbase supply hits 4,Runway hits 90, Port hits 19, Port fuel hits 1, Port supply hits 1. Looks like the IJN made the same mistake regarding not going after the fuel farm.
In other news, some Nells did a bombing raid on Wake Island. VMF-211 intercepted with 4 F4F-3s, shooting down 1 in exchange for all the USMC aircraft being damaged. Midway Island was ineffectually shelled by a IJN light cruiser.
In the Philippines, Clark AFB was hit, but only by 54 bombers, which didn't do too much damage. A follow-on raid achieved similar results. Davo was hit by carrier-based aircraft, causing the loss of the seaplane tender USS William D. Preston.
In Malay, The HMS PoW and REPULSE were hit by multiple waves of Nells and Betty bombers. However, the 453 Sqn (RAF) flying the Buffalo aircraft were relatively effective, shooting down or damaging 7 Nells, in exchange for one torpedo hit on the HMS PRINCE OF WALES. However, a subsequent raid was more successful. Despite losing 8 Nells or Betty destroyed, and another 10 damaged, the Japanes put 2 more torpedoes into the PoW and 1 into the REPULSE. They are now combat ineffective, and the only question is whether I'll be able to save them.
The RAF base at Alor Star was hit, destroying or damaging most of the Blenheim bombers on the ground. Similarly, Georgetown was hit, but the RAF Buffalos shot down 3 Ki-21 Sallys, disrupt Kota Bharu was invaded, with Malaya-based Hudson bombers ineffectually attacking the IJN fleet. Hong Kong was bombed, but little to no damage was done.
The Sasebo 1st SNLF and 24th JAAF AF Bn CAPTURE Batan Island, so it looks like the Japanese will shortly be going after Luzon.
Are you using any gfx mods? (Or kit mods? I don't know what the modding scene is for this game currently.)
Relatedly, any pix incoming? :pizza[1]:
Quote from: JasonPratt on December 19, 2023, 11:41:12 AMAre you using any gfx mods? (Or kit mods? I don't know what the modding scene is for this game currently.)
Relatedly, any pix incoming? :pizza[1]:
Yes, I'm slowly trying to figure how to balance the time commitment, my WITP:AE incompetence, and a way to make it intersting. Right now, I think I'm going to include daily snapshots from the real world Nimitz "greybook" and simply use the game more as a chance to engage in a discussion of what was going on in the Pacific war. Does that sound like a winner?
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