Japan 1945 now in the AvA

[Slash27]

Originally posted by dedalos
Well, you could say lets try it.  Maybe I am wrong  I am whilling to show you why I think I am right.  Are you?

 

Well Krusty?

[Panzzer]

And what is the Seafire doing in the Allies plane set, from Essex carriers no less???? I'm sure there were still a few British and Australian units in the area, but not many, and mostly land based in Indo-China and Indonesia.

Five days after the Nagasaki bomb, on August 14th 1945,Emperor Hirohito signed the peace treaty and surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. Following the surrender, Hirohito ordered the armed forces of Japan to stop all hostilities. However, some elements of the Japanese Navy Air Force chose to ignore this order and continue fighting against the allied forces, triggering a historic dogfight with British carrier-based aircraft above Tokyo bay. This would be the final contested carrier air strike of World War Two...

August 15th 1945
On that morning, a British Fleet Air Arm attack group from the HMS Infatigable took off for targets on Honshu island. The group consisted of six Avengers of the 820 Sqn, four Fairey Fireflies of 1772 Sqn and eleven Seafires of 887 and 894 Sqns. The British were bounced by twelve A6M5c Zeroes of the 302nd Kokutai, led by Lt Moriaka. They immediately went for the bombers and close escort Seafires below. The top cover, lead by Sub-Lt Victor Lowden, dove in to protect their friends below.

The 302nd Kokutai lost four Zeroes and pilots in the engagement: Lt Mitsuo Taguchi, Lt Yoshikane Kuramoto and Chief Petty Officer Ikki Takeda. They claimed one kill in return, along with two probables. This was very close to the mark, with the British actually loosing two planes: A Seafire flown by Sub-Lt David Hockley, who managed to bailout but was executed by the Japanese forces after being captured. Following the use of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the Allied aircrew knew what would happen should they bail out over the devastated country. Also, an Avenger took heavy damage during the engagement and was forced to ditch in the sea before reaching the safety of the carrier.

Source: Aeroplane-magazine, June 2001 issue

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by Guppy35
5th AF B25s were hitting shipping off the south coast of Japan and hitting targets near Kyushu in the summer of 45.  Don't believe A20s ever got there though. B26s were not being operated by the 5th AF at that point.

The Flak was heavy on the south coast and the 345th for example suffered a lot of losses to flak.

The capturing of islands like Okinawa and Iwo Jima would have allowed the extended range of medium bombers such as the A-20, B-26, B-25, and A-26, (most which had been modified to carry extra fuel by this time to increase their range) to reach Formosa, the China coast, and Honshu and Shikoku's southern shores respectively.  Mostly those missions were anti-shipping, patrol, reconnaissance, and some strafing and bombing of land targets.  Pretty much: go out, see what you can see, hit what you can hit, and get back to tell us about it.  

I do know in the final months of the war, the 319th Bomb Group, attached to the 7th Air Force, recently transfered from the ETO, and refitted with A-26's, was operating out of Okinawa and hitting Ryukyu Islands, Kyūshū, mainland China, and any shipping in the South China Sea.  They also were going after airfields and industrial areas on Kyūshū.  On, and between, the days the Enola Gay and Bockscar were making their historic bomb runs, the 319th was hitting Kyūshū like most days.

[Gwjr2]

how about a few cherry blossoms

sorry about spelling all percoceted out blown hammy here lol

but shouldnt be a balance due to J was getting bottoms kicked

maybe go get that nuke from korean test to use