AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 42
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Submarine attack near Rabaul at 107,126! h; `( X- p- K4 l: [) ~
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Japanese Ships$ c) J7 q' w' d/ J
AV Kamikawa Maru, i& u0 c6 \$ C6 c
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Allied Ships
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AV Kamikawa Maru is sighted by SS S-47: W2 L- N3 L4 W5 b
SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes- P. n# B$ r% v+ z1 b
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( o4 P7 O# m6 r3 FSub attack near Rabaul at 106,128
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) a( i( a: M2 qJapanese Ships
w+ i" O$ I0 N7 r% ` E Asanagi
6 g7 i6 H3 n' C' T AMc Fumi Maru #2
5 G- E. k: r; K4 b xAK Ikushima Maru
* t% r8 A. A# t* m xAK Asakaze Maru
) k0 G* k: v9 Y) S xAKL Hagoromo Maru
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SS S-44
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SS S-44 launches 4 torpedoes at E Asanagi
* W# }6 I, z- _, s; U& ]# yS-44 diving deep ....
* [, C2 [, q# ]% |E Asanagi attacking submerged sub ...., \0 S: [) M7 [3 w9 \
E Oite attacking submerged sub ....
& G/ `2 j' y# ^) x+ B# A2 l/ O' qSS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep
; z7 {9 v2 _0 {SS S-44 eludes ASW attack from E Oite 9 c7 _+ v: g1 R+ m0 } s! s
SS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep
2 R9 v% ?* M( hE Oite cannot reach attack position over SS S-441 R- [6 H9 f V
E Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
+ b- v: j2 H+ T9 ~$ w. |E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
& [8 r+ z+ D/ @8 }4 |E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
^* v) U `' K6 Q6 T; O5 x4 VE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...: R1 o8 l3 R1 u. m" a& ~8 e
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...! y/ X* `6 P8 V; n- U
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
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, m9 q9 N3 I$ S( y7 n3 Q" s4 e* Z4 _Morning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Light rain# G2 t( L3 _' H4 i* ^" p
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Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.: m0 L* h/ p5 R
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes( O9 z2 b7 c7 _5 y L) z
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7 ^/ N/ L) r9 r/ s' ^3 N PBY-5 Catalina x 12
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( G; t% P6 q( O' [# q+ }8 ^* }( H' HNo Allied losses
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Japanese Ships
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3 a5 n4 A7 `5 X. \. G CA Kako
/ {9 O' Y7 j% t8 h* _0 b% n CA Aoba, D. |# h: ?; R( V! u5 ]$ i
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Aircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo& h/ J0 E! D# u6 \, ?. y. j7 ^! L
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125* N) M" ~2 l# G: x; r
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- g9 d2 |8 y! |7 A0 w/ WRaid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.( l, V1 _, p& J7 M2 E$ c0 R+ n
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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0 O' w. O5 o. E+ \& x PBY-5 Catalina x 12 V5 M! h0 ]" @& a, n6 T
, R d" p( E% u" rAllied aircraft losses
9 _" ~& D/ ~% r! {# F6 _ PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged
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CA Kako2 m: x; V0 W5 v; i& O; @7 A
CA Furutaka/ M* W3 d0 _/ x
DD Yayoi' {$ I# ~- y- I" {& e
CA Aoba( R0 J; F$ a; }, v. t5 V/ s; w. z
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12 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet# X* ?3 f+ i# S
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,129
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Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
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% B0 ` [4 ]. B B-25B Mitchell x 4# C0 U- w! x x; V9 P% v9 N
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No Allied losses
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& B8 N9 z+ O k9 R! bJapanese Ships
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& F7 e$ l) \5 y RAircraft Attacking:
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Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb) f! O: c9 ~$ }; a
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kevin_hx版主 現在不僅 狼群猖獗、竟然連 PBY、B25 都調來對海了?!1 t2 s9 J2 s- p& L* S$ C' u
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