AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 07, 429 |$ x/ F! H/ S* u" c
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2 K0 K7 B5 c& ^, S+ r/ uSubmarine attack near Rabaul at 107,126
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Japanese Ships
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Allied Ships
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8 v5 t# w. G) c& `& ZAV Kamikawa Maru is sighted by SS S-47. ?5 L0 h' J% n: q& n
SS S-47 launches 4 torpedoes5 ^. N7 e \" l! R7 C0 P
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' v. a* L4 A. ^6 J! ISub attack near Rabaul at 106,128) w3 [* j( U. X5 b Z+ Q
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E Asanagi: N& `; X4 F& x+ c( ]0 w( W
AMc Fumi Maru #2; L* x5 G* i" V- ?, R- V
xAK Ikushima Maru, Q/ e7 o3 }: \9 r C
xAK Asakaze Maru( y2 v+ j6 ~; U W0 j9 O& I
xAKL Hagoromo Maru1 L* U, G, `( N. O
E Oite
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( }# Y# V$ G+ t9 o3 _( OSS S-44 launches 4 torpedoes at E Asanagi$ D. U% f9 |& }
S-44 diving deep ....4 ?2 e$ G! @, Z
E Asanagi attacking submerged sub ....
! ^! c7 j5 K. V+ Y& l8 |; FE Oite attacking submerged sub ....
4 p3 b7 q2 R, K. pSS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep# R+ E& s- g$ h
SS S-44 eludes ASW attack from E Oite " }' D' |8 S/ m* X
SS S-44 eludes E Oite by diving deep1 k! |, ]4 s6 o: ?- r
E Oite cannot reach attack position over SS S-44
8 v* y2 w8 z0 L4 Q$ w6 K1 y, tE Asanagi fails to find sub and abandons search
+ D o6 X7 r/ J+ u, xE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...' w4 j* g5 z9 i; P7 R
E Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
1 I. j% Z* F$ W9 iE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
% }- A3 O. w6 R+ s* V, l+ LE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
( Y& _' x. T: c, N N1 KE Oite fails to find sub, continues to search...
! ?: K2 {2 v# o1 n sEscort abandons search for sub0 c; k( G$ U5 \
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- U" `4 S7 O6 R' c7 r' @- pMorning Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,1256 |2 Y3 K6 _; i" N
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Weather in hex: Light rain/ H3 o! h) L+ v
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Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet." y) Z' n* @; H
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
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PBY-5 Catalina x 12
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+ [/ ]* X" I; c3 ^ x" L( ^No Allied losses% F8 C0 d. B% F0 m
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CL Tatsuta
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2 r- }; n Z4 g- C: ~ CA Aoba
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2 J7 d2 D/ G5 c# B' sAircraft Attacking:
) S( f; U7 K2 W6 ^5 }5 Z0 } 12 x PBY-5 Catalina launching torpedoes at 200 feet
8 W4 L4 ]/ f9 r Naval Attack: 2 x 22in Mk 13 Torpedo
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 106,125
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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7 ?; I: p& ^ q2 l( |$ y5 h( yRaid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.7 J6 u8 x1 r* o3 B: o0 q% M
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
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PBY-5 Catalina x 12/ ?2 d$ }3 M8 ?; b2 j7 F5 q
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Allied aircraft losses( P+ t. }1 b5 i% q
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 damaged
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Japanese Ships
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CA Furutaka2 `7 [, V5 |) U4 r' h# |
DD Yayoi
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Aircraft Attacking:
* z$ e& a! ]9 z% S. q- o8 W1 O 12 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet
7 ?+ f7 j5 ~2 P, I1 k E Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gasmata at 105,129- t4 t2 m/ ]/ r; n$ \
* x- i; m, ?: M9 @9 c, GWeather in hex: Moderate rain/ \( d' C1 t# i6 z* {6 Z2 I
' J6 v! @# s* R1 sRaid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.2 Z6 W0 q) t1 ^" s. j# A: ?
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
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Allied aircraft
0 L* M( `* x% Q2 ]3 j5 @ B-25B Mitchell x 4 Y" D* Q c% f Z* ]
/ U( T: |+ q; XNo Allied losses
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Aircraft Attacking:8 c+ D+ H/ r' Q0 D S" ?7 }8 B, z
4 x B-25B Mitchell bombing from 6000 feet * $ s/ {& ~- N! }/ g s
Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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: Y6 B7 Q! z5 h* Bkevin_hx版主 現在不僅 狼群猖獗、竟然連 PBY、B25 都調來對海了?!
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