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?)
7 J; i0 E3 ~5 J. G- a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。+ l8 Y8 S* ^3 W/ A [
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。/ T5 R8 Y( A# e! S% C) d2 U3 M! q
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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- v9 y2 [0 [( u: }/ ?+ i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。。。8 {* r8 K- c H. y7 ?4 A% o& e+ f
* j- I' m. X8 ZMorning Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144
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Weather in hex: Partial cloud8 j9 V1 n/ P, O% L
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Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
8 M9 m u( H2 [. } ?Estimated time to target is 29 minutes0 J7 O$ e0 V" R; _& r" q, [
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Japanese aircraft
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' k' a0 c' }" B e% u2 _( }, ]4 r F4F-4 Wildcat x 17
/ Q/ ^, a' s& X SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
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No Japanese losses
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" S% j) h/ s( y7 C3 J* ~4 y6 }Allied aircraft losses3 {# }8 ] G4 e6 {6 A/ h9 r
F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed
m# m, B6 k4 n2 o) g SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged8 R2 e- t' W& R! \
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak4 U% b" E5 u- r9 D0 M+ j1 P
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Japanese Ships
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CV Shokaku4 b7 t+ o X8 Z1 L
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) X+ O+ N8 w# mMorning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136; j. j' b9 t; P+ H' F& ~ e1 W+ |
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# X" t" _" K9 g" GRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
# d7 j+ h) @. E* d- v9 ^Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Allied aircraft
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 9( K! R+ L/ t& u
TBF-1 Avenger x 12
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! j7 Y! z" l; z y0 ^Allied aircraft losses4 Z, E4 [' `( I0 c7 d/ H, I8 x7 }! v5 U
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged# F# P8 s% e4 L0 p1 u
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Japanese Ships
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CA Atago, Bomb hits 1, on fire
: ?! k0 k2 x$ Y CA Takao, Bomb hits 1, on fire
- v4 Y: H) |7 Z* P! P; K2 L CA Chikuma, }! d- e+ ^: A7 w/ ^
DD Hagikaze, ^3 ]$ H8 O2 q3 Q) f
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l5 N+ S0 ^) P$ w4 b `Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 110,136
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Weather in hex: Severe storms
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1 }- t/ g9 S, ?( oRaid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
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Allied aircraft
3 p4 v4 a# X1 @% y SBD-3 Dauntless x 62 @3 S1 S1 B, P1 N& O. h1 e$ ]
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Allied aircraft losses3 {# ~! E8 j( T" ^
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
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CA Atago, on fire
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- B$ \4 S* o3 tAfternoon Air attack on TF, near Kirakira at 116,144* a' ?' G/ ^/ i% @; t1 i
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$ _3 d ?! O7 FRaid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
/ J+ D$ ~! m+ h4 r' s7 W4 m( MEstimated time to target is 8 minutes
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Japanese aircraft5 Z+ ?8 N) e4 L: I# M, _8 M- d: W' D
A6M2 Zero x 25- k8 R* P; }8 b4 P v6 V$ G
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Allied aircraft
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SBD-3 Dauntless x 4
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m% z8 T5 M8 F9 X7 X/ {: I2 ?; TNo Japanese losses
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Allied aircraft losses8 S+ e) K% @& N4 A7 j" F7 q
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed( _, {& T. k6 } f$ |' P B
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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CV Zuikaku% t+ J5 P# f5 e6 p
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 111,1385 g! F; H) x; _* d Z) i
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m2 n4 `: f! t; p6 ? f( C; t% i0 W& CRaid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
9 I* Y% ?" a5 @/ q! ZEstimated time to target is 7 minutes, V/ o* _7 p% H o1 W* V' P* P( E' \
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Allied aircraft
b2 @+ v" e0 I" N$ @+ y. I, h F4F-4 Wildcat x 5
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6 p% ]1 B/ o! { SBD-3 Dauntless: 16 damaged
E) \/ _ Q; J/ Q- S SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
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DD Isokaze
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& s! M, a! }# x CA Kumano$ u, K$ K' ]/ D0 I" f" s
CA Suzuya, Bomb hits 3
" S. s: I4 b! t1 j% D1 J3 B DD Arashi
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/ f' x5 c+ ~, k/ Z5 l) K ?Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 114,149" q7 J) M! P8 J9 D8 h, |. ]
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Weather in hex: Light cloud
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Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
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Japanese aircraft7 m4 k6 x0 G7 T [" F7 b) l+ R! y
B5N1 Kate x 146 g' D3 P% ^$ F. t _1 J
D3A2 Val x 24
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B5N1 Kate: 6 damaged# f3 H8 n9 G9 k$ c
D3A2 Val: 1 damaged
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DD Dunlap H7 X' F+ ]* e7 b2 \1 s# J" o
DD Conyngham, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk9 t% I1 h1 J' _' u! w$ n3 _5 Q
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires) k$ ~, G2 u% ?
DD Cushing, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage |