BN 6-25-10 - HAILSTONE

Friday, June 25th 2010 - 22:10hrs Central US. (11:10pm Eastern US 3:10am GMT)

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*THIS IS BOMBER NIGHT*

OPERATION: HAILSTONE
Date: Feb 17th, 1944
Map: Truk
Time: 0600
Weather: Good

RED
Markings: USA [United States Navy]

BOMBERS
TBF-1C Avengers
SBD-5 Dauntless

F6F-3 Hellcat (Late)

*FUEL & LOADOUT*
Fuel: 50% or as required
Weapons: Dealers Choice, Bombs Rockets and Torpedos

Assembly Orders:
Aircraft will take off and head due west from the carriers and enter a Left hand circle to form up on the Flight Leader. Fighters may carry ordinance.

Target: The Primary targets are the Ships anchored in and around the Atoll AU-19, AV-19, AU-18, the Airfields and Japanese aircraft on the ground on Moen and Eten Islands UA-20, AU-19, The Seaplane Base on Moen Island AU20.1 and The Naval port facilities. Stop all enemy warships attempting to escape the Atoll!!

-WARNING- DO NOT ATTACK THE BLUE SPAWN BASE AT AT-19.5 (Param Island).

BLUE
Markings: IJN [Imperial Japanese Navy]

A6M-5 Zero
A6M-3a Ko Zero
A6M-3 Zero
A5M-4 Claude

Mission Orders:
All fighters will scramble at once and defend the ships, Airfields and Installations on and around Truk atoll

-HISTORICAL BACKGROUND-
Operation Hailstone was a large scale air and surface raid by US Naval forces against the Japanese Naval anchorage and airfield installations on Truk Atoll. Truk had been a primary base for the Imperial Japanese Combined Fleet prior to the start of the Second World War and with its excellent harbor facilities and multiple airfields, it remained a critical support base for garrisons fighting throughout the South Pacific. On 17 Feb, 1944, aircraft from the fast carriers of US Task Force 58, submarines and heavy surface units attacked the Japanese at Truk to eliminate possible threats against the US landings on Eniwetok. Heavy strikes continued day and night through Feb 18th. When the attack ended, 3 Cruisers, 4 Destroyers, several smaller warships and 32 merchant ships with their valuable cargos had been sunk. In addition the Japanese lost nearly 270 aircraft on the ground and in air combat. The defeat was total. US losses amounted to 25 planes destroyed and 40 men lost, 11 as a result of a night torpedo attack on the USS Intrepid. After Operation Hailstone, Truk ceased to exist as a Fleet anchorage and was eventually bypassed by the rapidly advancing Allied forces.

**Read the mission brief for more info. Good luck. **