8月24日,空战日
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& y& h" w/ S) B( I7 }. _$ q, {+ o/ X本日美军的航空队撤离到了瓜岛上(难道另外两艘CV也沉了?)% `! }; O3 R+ l) _
日军KB没能在瓜岛以南海域抓到TF的后撤部队,因此抓了几艘DD虐了一下。
Y5 y2 y( F( M2 k, G不过前去突击美军CV的CA编队遭到了瓜岛仙人掌机队的集中攻击,伤亡较为惨重。
; g0 U4 v8 Q+ H6 d! ~: x好在还没有沉船,保持了日军截至目前CL以上船只全数幸存,仅沉没几艘DD的辉煌战果!
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同时,美军航空队也向KB发动了突击,不过由于没有了航母编队,进攻非常杂乱。徒增伤亡。。。1 J$ n' P; d% N% M& y" w$ x
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,1442 r+ q8 k$ @/ |# z! d; u" L
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud5 n1 {; F/ l' X
+ g% n q( l' d- L; IRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
4 \" a, C8 B5 G1 OEstimated time to target is 29 minutes
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5 {5 A ?! K/ e9 a: }% j A6M2 Zero x 26
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Allied aircraft
1 U" k# o" f! @ F+ E F4F-4 Wildcat x 17* A6 H; E, H' M; @% G9 a1 E6 T/ ]6 L
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16! {; `: U7 [( T0 B9 e
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No Japanese losses
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- C2 |- I4 |6 Z' E4 b& wAllied aircraft losses
1 x4 r' Y% {" g: C1 D& \: q F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed- |9 K! C1 i3 G7 t$ P9 u/ d
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
; C, H8 }) @# E9 q- c SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships
. O" R; q( b! E8 a, I BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1
/ W2 p$ \5 V& ]# P2 `( Z CV Shokaku
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* s; n; d- j- S7 h6 B; h& `Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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p* o8 V( B- |Weather in hex: Severe storms/ E' u9 C: G+ e2 d' Q
& a7 V2 G+ h4 t5 N/ r' ?( [) S9 hRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
0 j9 K4 E) C, f' w$ W3 fEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 1
' @' F" d; `; R SBD-3 Dauntless x 9- p1 w; T0 P+ `. U) z
TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged* O" m- t# S# Q
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Japanese Ships( M# l8 H3 M+ J; ?: ]5 q- Q
CA Tone
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CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire8 z& b6 H1 a0 c3 q
CA Chikuma
; B2 y6 D" S& e( a/ S' j DD Hagikaze
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136! r3 h3 Y1 L) l0 U+ B- d% K
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# W9 U! N* I( P$ `0 x3 I4 WRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
" w C1 r' {& u9 O9 N3 oEstimated time to target is 15 minutes! \0 M1 W, P! P) l4 j
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 6* X; K7 E5 p" c
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Allied aircraft losses6 R1 V' H& O x+ A
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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Japanese Ships
2 X8 @ N' [8 H/ P CA Atago, on fire: w/ [3 V3 u# M* X. O. B
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
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& C2 [& a" h) e. sAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144; |( B+ y; N! [
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Weather in hex: Heavy rain
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( e- B8 \! F& Q1 t* Y3 A' uRaid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.9 T( y* ~0 {, U
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft' q- ]9 B8 B( d' F" p$ }
A6M2 Zero x 25" j- z! w6 J8 E( M* G: s2 O
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6 _, Z8 E2 X. ?9 L! Q1 ~ F4F-4 Wildcat x 9, |' P! _8 l: i( e$ g! Q" o
SBD-3 Dauntless x 4
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5 Y" _; f; v1 Y+ r" F1 ZAllied aircraft losses* S1 H; T9 w5 w/ c
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed: y( P/ M" |2 V/ u+ e/ H; k
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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CV Zuikaku
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$ D& o% a% R1 O' n8 uAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
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Allied aircraft
8 @" U3 L2 K4 A F4F-4 Wildcat x 5) _% Y I1 X3 B1 s- q
SBD-3 Dauntless x 26( f7 m8 D$ E7 l, X) w( z. e8 u1 g
TBF-1 Avenger x 15/ z: @; R) J* P9 ~
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Allied aircraft losses7 Y( t" y3 |* h+ ~! @6 M! P
SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
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DD Isokaze0 w+ X1 T5 s; h! A7 d- V. O( g
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
: w( W: k% |% d6 |6 B1 x CA Kumano5 i2 Y- b6 i1 X& M5 O
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3
5 M7 B2 P9 A O' {9 X* i DD Arashi
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* I6 l0 o! B" GAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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$ @" F" w2 Y0 q# S, n3 v0 G3 m LRaid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
5 I% L: t$ Z2 |! O# P2 X5 ~0 @) |8 ?Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
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Japanese aircraft
7 A' J7 V# g8 `' w B5N1 Kate x 14! f% z2 Q$ I4 E+ m7 o& m
D3A2 Val x 24
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D3A2 Val: 1 damaged, ?# t0 \" r" I3 |
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Allied Ships
+ ^) s$ a' _& Y1 Q DD Dunlap
9 C' Y. K) {7 D! d5 F% n DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk3 |! u3 \/ [. n
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
& `' m( m7 B, { T8 W3 @: j( {& j6 U; ^ DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |