昭和18年2月21日、ラングーンに夜間空襲がありました。リプレイの地図の航跡のラインは途中で途切れていますが、おそらくチッタゴン(距離12ヘクス)とダッカ(距離15ヘクス)の飛行場からやってきたものと思われます。遠距離の攻撃なので来襲したのはB24とB17と四発爆撃機のみで、2波合計して69機でした。これまでずっとラングーンへの爆撃がなかったので、夜間のCAPはKi-45 KAIa Nickの小部隊だけで、昨夜は5機が迎撃に上がったのみでした。
リポートでも多数の機体が地上で破壊されたことが分かりますが、Trackerでみると合計43機が地上で破壊されていました。これまでにも一日に50機以上の航空機の損失を来したことがありますが、地上での破壊がこんなに多いのは初めての経験で、泣きたいくらいの気分です。この規模の空襲が続くようだと、ラングーン飛行場は放棄しなければならず、明日以降どうなるのものやら。機体の被害の多さに比較してパイロットのKIAが2名、WIAが2名と少なかったことが唯一の救いです。
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 21, 43
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5
Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 12
B-17E Fortress x 28
B-17F Fortress x 14
B-24D Liberator x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 8 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 5 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 19
Runway hits 73
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x Liberator II bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 9000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 9000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
13th Sentai Det with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (1 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
13th Sentai Det with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1
being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
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