8月24日,空战日
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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?)6 L0 ^/ g1 A% f9 _& _% K: 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。
2 Z! n' W* O6 ], Z; A" J0 `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。
: X Z4 q8 u5 F. e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!3 h$ J( S' {9 r5 n4 {5 P0 R$ l n" b2 r
4 n4 {/ N! H1 Z0 q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。。。
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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" A8 Z- y( k2 k3 z MWeather in hex: Partial cloud
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7 A. I# U1 B0 A+ s- o" i( }7 J' S8 sRaid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.* o. m7 o6 d& Q8 }/ f
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes$ H2 D& X6 [3 N. ]
2 `1 \$ a7 g1 ^( |9 t0 A5 G' Q1 lJapanese aircraft
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4 |) D ^( W- ~4 vAllied aircraft* z( X( s: i" \2 f
F4F-4 Wildcat x 17, h& \1 ^ c& h
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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) C! P' ~; t. g& d# iNo Japanese losses0 s G" a, n% h' g
2 L5 `6 V/ n+ r" PAllied aircraft losses' Q- x6 T6 r) I* W2 Z& b# [
F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
: U/ |; `2 W1 r9 d* F! m# h SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged$ ~9 _% b. ^' \. Y; Y
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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Japanese Ships" n* }4 U$ t/ C k1 `0 s. A6 Z* V
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 19 D3 s9 t! p+ m ^$ X {( U9 ~
CV Shokaku
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4 ^5 l$ o9 P! o! } ^- }Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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. j X- T# H2 c: q: }, JWeather in hex: Severe storms
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5 Q0 `' G/ h% N' }7 u; @/ r2 _Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
5 d1 }3 M/ \, SEstimated time to target is 8 minutes& o/ @: e; i9 D
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Allied aircraft+ j, _( n8 x, c/ Y" e2 V0 |0 o4 |
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1
2 X$ k+ P$ h! J1 J! Q SBD-3 Dauntless x 9
2 ]7 D% l6 X0 V# M0 [# b# i TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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Allied aircraft losses
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CA Tone
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/ g0 o6 p9 j- b& i3 D, t. M% C, X CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire9 W5 p" k$ U# K: w. d) s( L
CA Chikuma
s! M& e5 G6 o4 T( b. J. E; w! v DD Hagikaze d6 C; M1 P( e6 u% @! i
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136( m& A; x g0 m$ e& T6 u
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- L. |, T$ _% c2 WRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.2 V* Z- [3 X% w u# p
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes7 ?( O- H: d' E9 I2 T
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Allied aircraft losses- @' X% |, U+ t" d& l8 M
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged- G" h6 n8 r. v: X/ P
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CA Atago, on fire
" C& s0 ^8 ~6 T# s1 |0 I CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
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! M( h1 u+ I7 `, |# E+ G7 jAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,1441 ?3 G+ X% `/ E, { j- H
6 q2 o( ?6 C; Y4 }5 q: D! mWeather in hex: Heavy rain/ [) S6 M' b2 a
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Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.1 M: H& N2 l1 B
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes) ?; o+ z( W/ U6 H/ c2 N8 D& o1 w2 N
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Japanese aircraft6 p9 V; m+ U' Q5 ^2 {5 h. O7 G/ A
A6M2 Zero x 254 b+ |# b( _5 S4 p0 E
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F4F-4 Wildcat x 9' h* _2 {" s6 S( d8 B6 P. F
SBD-3 Dauntless x 4
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8 O% [; g& o/ @) C1 O6 gNo Japanese losses
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F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,138
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Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
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2 K2 |7 N" l; b s- { ARaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.$ X1 P9 w# K5 y. I% W W
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes4 w. z& G7 z/ w. p- R4 I
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Allied aircraft
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TBF-1 Avenger x 159 F# u7 ?8 j4 ~2 v) g: S0 h
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Allied aircraft losses9 I8 R$ l6 P* M- F0 W* u1 [. h. B
SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
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DD Isokaze) v# |" C/ G1 V9 y2 F# l( n
DD Maikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage" f6 U8 l5 w0 Q! r8 m+ N
CA Kumano
6 i$ d: a. f. b1 I6 x0 ` CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3
6 L; R/ B# X5 G" ]3 N DD Arashi. F; M# j# x- H2 M& D4 C; _: \
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( H5 w& T3 }, [* C8 k/ d8 mAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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4 x* f5 u' [0 R4 AEstimated time to target is 13 minutes' d# R; u3 A3 I* m ^
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B5N1 Kate x 14
8 G; _0 n3 ~. P& Y D3A2 Val x 24
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B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged& S3 f* C* l9 x6 F* q
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged
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DD Dunlap
* V& y/ f* }+ g0 f1 r DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk6 ?+ g2 G" V" G* a9 a: K6 Z
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
- V( r9 t& V P# P! i4 S1 C DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |